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SYSTEM OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION 


IN THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE. q 
BEING 


-& SELECTION OF THE MOST PLAIN AND IMPORTANT 
TEXTS, SO ARRANGED AS TO GIVE A SYSTEMATIC 
‘VIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL DOCTRINES AND 
DUTIES OF QUR HOLY RELIGION. 


INTENDED AS AN ASSISTANT TO CHRISTIAN MINISTERS, 


‘PARENTS, AND INSTRUCTORS, IN THE RELIGIOUS 
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH, 


Adapted to the use of Schools and Families. 


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INTRODUCTION. by Sat 


ae es prefent ftate of fociety in a country lib 
ours, of liberty and free enquiry, forbids the genera. adopx 
tion of : any fyftem of divinity, however excellent, if exprefs 
fed, “ in words which man’s wifdom teacheth.” Under 
‘this conviGtion, it- was. propofed, to fele€t and arrange in 
fyftematical form, fuch paflages of {cripture, as might ba 
judged, by chriftians of different fentiments and denomina- 
- tions in religion, moft ufeful and proper to be committed 
to memory in the early part of life. But, confidering the 
facility, and fuperiour pling 3 of conveying inftruction 


| Ive 3 i sh~ fom of queftion and anfwer, and 
that the method, as well as [a — ri gag 7 eran tet 


common ufe, had long been familiar to the mind and ears, 
of numbers yet among us, it was thought bet, to arrange 
the following féleétion chiefly under the queftions of that 
venerable fyftem;, in hope that more would be gained by a 
partial conformity to. the prejudices of fome, than would 
Be loft by objections from others. In feleéting, however, 
from numbers, on the fame fubjedt, fuch texts, as would 
give, at once, the moft pertinent anfwer to the queition, 
and the moft comprehenfive view of the fcripture doétrine 
under the queftion, it was found that either more texts. 
muft be added, than would be thought convenient for the 
memory, or a partial mutilated account of the fcripture: 
| doctrine, be admitted. To remove this objection, it was: 
| propofed to defignate, by a larger type, the texts to be: 
committed to memory, and refer to a marginal collection 
for a more complete view of the fubject. But this, on 
refletion, appeared too affuming for any individual, with- 
gut more time to collec and unite a more general’ opinion: 


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4 ENTRODUCTION.. 


Who made me a judge or divider over others, was a queftion;; 
which could be anfwered only, by eins it to others, to 
make their own choice and mark with a uc 
memory, as they may judge moft proper. 
“In a fyftem compofed of fo many texts ar 
fo many different: articles,’ ‘the'Com iler is 
ing that, either his. choice, or arrangeme: 
great improvement. In its prefent.f m, however, 
every affiftance he could obtain, it has « coft him more 
and pains, than ever he beftowed on ‘any pages, e 
numiber,, of his own conipofition.. Ithough his o: riginal. 
defign was the benefit of parents and you th snder his | paf- 
toral care, together with his: own afli stances te their reli~ 
gents inftruétion, wet he =. ane, Se eee emt erp 


Ban =- 
naiceTs, a8 Well as chriftian | parents, y here find. 
ufeful affiftant in the great duty of catechizi ag: ck hildren.. 
Its introduction to fchools was the oral ik equeft of 


his friends, and for this purpofe, that part h treats « 
motal duties, has been enlarged, and: the whole divide ad it 
to fe€tions proper for reading. Should it be obje€ 
‘the leading heads in this fele€tion, ate fupernumerary 
too indifcriminate, the anfwer is, they were fu; ref 
the texts over which'they ftand. But finee ev 
fuppofed to have’ his favorite texts, and fuch i is the 
of fentiment, often’ found i in a fingle te? t, that 
under “ ig sia articles, moft proper for its arran 
as well as the feleétion itfelf, muft after “all, de; jepend or 
opinion of the compiler. Any alterations, howevet, in the 
form of this work, which more ee a bia as ation, 
a foggett, fhalt be adopted. of 


INTRODUCTION: § 


To PARENTS.. 

Do you with to fee your children virtuous and happy # 
Is piety, in. your efteem, better than {cience, integrity than: 
talents ? Had you rather fee them wife and good, than 
rich or learned ? and do you enquire how: their’ young. 
minds may be filled with principles of virtue, and fortified’ 
againft the delufions. of vice, the poifon of infidelity, and 
the danger of thofe corrupting examples,.and criminal pleaf- 
ures, fo prevalent and. popular among the youth of the pref-. 
ent day ? Believeft thou the holy fcriptures * Open your 
bible then, and'read:. ‘ The commandment is.a lamp, the- 
law i . light to keep thee from the flattery of: a ftrange wos- 
man.” * Bind them continually on thine heart, and when. 
thou goeft, it fliall lead thee, when.thou fleepeft, it fhall’ 
keep thee, and when thou wakeft it fhall talk with thee.”’ 
“ The word of Ged:abideth in you; and’ye have- overcome” 
the wicked one.” “TI hid. thy word in my heart, that F 
might not fin againft thee.” ‘“ Wherewith. fhall a young 
man cleanfe his way ?' by taking heed thereto according to 
thy word.”’ “The engrafted’ word is able to five your 
fouls.” Thefé are. eiais texts :: and they: prove beyond 
contradiétion,. that the word, of God; (not human fcience) 
is the beft means, which infinite wifdom-has appointed, to: 
prevent vice and promote virtue; in-every individual, .and_at 
every age of life... But in. order to this, you.obferve, ie 
ward of God, muft “ abide ;” be engrafted }- “he laid. up,” 
or fixed in the mind. For, that which is not remembered, 
is to us, the-{ame as if it didnot exift. . “ Unlefs ye keep 
in memory what. I: - preached unto. -you, ye have believed in 
vain.” - ty the poem & however, it: may be: ‘lodged; and 
not be engrafted in the Aeart, as a principle of piety; in 
‘the memory alfo, it may be, and yet not in attual contem+- 

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plation, on which its -influence, as* a: te mean,, chiefly 
depends. But neither i in the heart, nor in TaD tae 
can it be, until committed to memory.. 

‘David could ‘not have meditated on the ve of his God; 
in the filent. watches of the night). if that law: had been i ina. 
book. only, and not in his memory: All thofe exhortations: 
to: parents, fo often: repeated i in feripture 5, 3 “Lay up ‘thefe 
words in your heart, and in your foul ;. bind. them.as a 
fign on your hand, and as: frontlets between you eyes;” &c.. 
imply at leaft, that the words of feriptw ure re thould be fo fixed: 
and familiar i in the’ mind, that parents Ye be able to.“ ‘ talk 
of them, to their children, when they fit in the: houfe, when they: 
walk by the way, when they lie down, and when they rife up.?* 
. Tt is a fa, that under the Jewith _ difpenfation, 
fele& -pafflages of {cripture, were ordered ‘to be _writ-- 
ten, not only on parchment, but. even on ttie: gates, and 
pofts of their doors, which texts every Jewifh parent was: 
bound, by an exprefs command of God, to learn or teach 
his children. And in the pureft ages.of chriftianity, hif- 
tory informs us, that {chools were ere&ted, and teachers ap- 
pointed for the exprefs purpofe of inftruéting children in 
the good knowledge of God, and of his Son Jefus Chritt.. 
From the firft fettlement of this country until about Half a 
century paft, religion as well as ca made fo confid- 


-* Amidit an angry difpute between two Leman a fight of the fet 
ting fun fuggeited to one of them, a text of feripture, « Let not the fun go 
down on your wrath,” which at once terminated the difpute. | A woman, 

_ who, in a: ‘thoughtlefs moment “had fent her poor neigh ibour empty away; 
called her back again, as foon as fhe recollected the word y of elomon, « Say 
not to thy neighbour, go and come again, and ‘to-morrow I will give thee;. 
when thou haft it by thee.” (Now, whether the influence af ed to thefe 
texts was real or imaginary, the confequence was happy: “But in Fa a in- 
ftance here mentioned, had the text never been ip. a func, i producing 
fentiment’ which it contained, could have hiss no influence, pation 
thefe moral effects. : 


- INTRODUCTION. 5 


erable’a part of inftruCtion in our fchools, that no inftruc+ 
tor of either féx could efcape cenfure without attending to 
it. In families efpecially, this: kind of inftru€tion: was held 
fo high in eftimation, that few parents could then. be found 
without a. catechifm in. their hands... “ How is. the gold 
become dim!” In vain do parents or minifters. now depend, 
E will not fay, on fchools. and academies, but even: on pul= 
pits, for the--moral and’ religious: inftru€tion of youth. 
Without private inftru€tion, or fome previous. acquaintance 
with the firft principles. of religion, early. fixed’ in the mind, 
the attention will not be arrefted ;, the fubje& is unknown, 
the text is: forgotten, and the benefit. of pulpit inftruction 
nearly loft... Through want of this preparatory education, 
how many are found among us, who attend public worfhip 
through life, and yet live and die in. fhameful ignorance of 
the great doétrines and duties of chriftianity; .“ Set 
your hearts therefore to all the words.I fet before you, this 
day, which ye fhall command your children to obferve and 
do, sine it is not a vain ‘thing; it is. their life, as well as 
yours.” Can the guilty: heirs of immortality feel indifferent 
‘to efit divine records: which fix the terms,. and: ¢ontain the _ 
words of eternal life: (Shall fyftems of human feience be 
‘adopted, and! leffons in grammar or geography, become lef- 
fons for the memory, while neither fyftem nor ‘leffon, from 
the book of God, can find a place in the-memory, ‘or make 
a part of inftruction, either in families, { 1001s, or acade- 
mies. ? Shall the ftudy and knowledge bible be neg- 
leéted, in proportion as other books are ‘mattripled, and oth- 
“er f{ciences: cultivated ? Shall it be-faid'to the difhonour of 
‘the chriftian name, that paretits are more zealous, and more 
liberal of expenfe, to furnifh their children with the means 
‘of learning the clegant and polite ‘atts; “of ‘needle: work, 


3 INTRODUCTION: 


mufic;.and- manners, than:the -firft.principles »of the voracles’ 
of God; in comparifon with which all human fc ci is but 


the: * tithe of mint, of. anife and cummin ?”_ Shall fo much 
time: be expended, in. the- moulding age of life, to render 
your children wife-and-accomplithed: for this: world, while 
a mere pittance is denied them, to obtain that knowledge 
which is ‘ able:to make them wife unto falvation.?” ‘Shall 
your children be compelled againft their inelination, to ac-- 
quire early habits of attention and induftry, in the common 
bufinefs. of life, while their averfion to learn; on the fibbaths, 
and at other times, Jeffons of infinite moment, is eafily dif 
penfed with, if not indulged’ without controul ?; ) Cana 
parent who feels.the ardour,.the tendernefs.and ‘aniety of 
parental affe€tion ; wha: knows with what eafe, children. 
learn and retain, the leffens of youth ;- with what facility. 
they: acquire habits,,and receive impreflions, that. will «go, 
along with. them through; life, and which, perhaps, form: 
the character, and. fix.their-deftination for eternity! A par~ 
ent, whofe own experience hath’ taught him, .(as Gideon 
taught the men. of Succoth)- with» briars-and ‘thorns, and 
made him. feel the worth,;.and:lament through every day 
of his life, the want of a more early acquaintance with the. 
Holy Scriptures ; can fuch:a parent-endure to:fee the fhort: 
period of \youth,.the foring feafon of. hfe, ia his. own chil- 
dren, pafs.away unimproved ?. Raufe-a.moment, cand think 
of. the lofs, great beyond calculation, whieh: your= children. 
muft fuftain, ery. day they negledtto. learn while young,. 
what you: know, they will have fo much Hegde to, practice, 
when they-are men.. Is it, fafe,. “ is ite goad. that the ful he 
without knowledge ?” A. vacant mind\ isin: jeopardy every 
hour; while you. neglect- to-fow the feeds of, virtue, the 
enemy. will come and fow. tares, which foon sw {pring 1 Lp 
in a luxuriant growth of error and: vice. Infidelity is the. 


INTRODUCTION. Dp 


fpawn of ignorance, engendered by vice. A modern in- 
infidel kept no bible ;, _ but ‘Timothy, “ from a child knew 
the Holy Scriptures.” What a contraft of charaGer 
Which do you. choofe for your children? Anfwer the quef- 
tion, and fuffér the fenfibility of a parent, and the piety of 
a chriftian, to unite and conftraim you to go and train then: 
up in the knowledge of the fcripture, “ in the nurture and 
admonition: of the Lord-;” and may the benediction of 
heaven, without which, “ neither is he that planteth any 
thing, nor he that watereth,” give the increafe, and grant 
you that joy, than which, to a pious parent there is none- 
greater, even the “ joy unfpeakable,” of “ feeing his chil~ 
Aron. walk in the truth.” 


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sal -He that cameth.to God mutt believe that he Heb. xi. 
dy and iy: he is a sets of them ak sadergl 


5. Hote fecal at Aires there i is 4 God ? 
»» 4. The invifible things, {attributes) of him, 
«from the-creation of the-world, are clearly feen, be- 
Sing underftood by the things that are made, even his 
¢eternal power .and, godhead ; fo.that ee are with- Romi. 20. 
out excufe. 
; 2. What is the light of nature? 
Livi ‘That which may be known of God-is mani-Rom.s.19. 
Es in them, {i..¢, Gentiles) for God hath fhewed. it 
guntothem. “Thefe having not the law (i. e. the bi- 
ible) area law. unto themfelves. Their confcience 
alfo..beating, witnefs and their thoughts the mean 
.while, accufing, or.elf excufing .one.another. ~ 

QO... What other rule:hath:God given to dire& us. how 
all may glorify and enjoy him ? 

The holy {criptuxes, which -are able to make 2 Tim. iii, 

ais wife unto falvation through faith in Chrift Jefus. 15-17. 
_All*feripture “i is given by 4nfpiration. of God,.and is 
profitable for do@rine, for reproof, for corregtion, 
for inftrudion in righteoufnefs; that the man of 
»God may be perfett, thoroughly furnifhed unto all 
Good works. 

-Q. How is it known -that « the holy Hisailied are 
the word of? God?" 

A. 1. From human ‘toffimony.). 


“We are witneffes-of all that Foltis did Moti in the A@sm, 49- 
dand of the Jews, and at Jerufalem. That which tJohia~3 
swe tbave heard, and feen with our own eyes, looked 


*: SCRIPTURE CATECHISN 


3 Joh. i. upon, and our hands have 
*3 life, declare we unto you. 


2. From prophecy. 


is Peti.ax eS mel of Sof Goll 


58 Holy Ghof, ~~ 
The evidences Sa miracles. 


Prov. xix. Every wohl of God is a The I aN 
5- Lord is perfedt : The judeme : 


Ps.xix.7- : 
Phil ic g-true and righteous’ alto 


are true, whatfoever ‘thitigs é' are ‘ell lespete 
‘things -are juft, pure 
there be any ae aa F et 


thefe things. 
_. 5. From the fuecefe i 
~\2 Tf this counfel, 6r vork b 
Aas v. 38. come to nought, but if it” 
rt... thow it. So mightily grew the of God’and 
2 Comin 4. d-; That the favour’ of the knowledgeof Chri 
—.4 © nifefted by .us in every place. eee, 
ons of our warfare, are not catnal, but 7 
through God to the pulling down of 
Q. What do the JSeriptures principally 
Jou. xx.z3r. 4. Thefe are written'that ye et ns RO 
~~ Jefus. is the Chrilt, the Son of ‘God; and that believ- 
—xvil. 3. ing ye ‘might have life through his*na “This is 
Tife eternal, 'te know the’ only true and Jefirs 
Tit. i. xx. Chrift whom he hath fent. "Thé gracé*of ‘God that 
x2.  bringeth falvation hath * ‘appeared “to lall’men, téach- 
ing us, that denying ungodlinefs and world! 
we fhould live foberly, rig aX nd gc 
prefent world ; looking ‘for that bleffed 
the glorious appearing» of “the -gieat God and our 
Saviour Jefus Chritt. o> "Seate ox 2 W 
é 4 Seer. Bae we - wf 
0.: ae there more gods than eer aR “4 


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‘SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 14 


| A. We know that there is none other God but 1 Cor. viii. 

one, for though there be that are called gods, wheth- 4-6. 

er in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many and 

lords many) but to us there is but one God, the 

father, of whom are all things, and we for him. 

Hear O Tfraél the Lord our God is one Lord. Deut.vi.4. 
Q. Whatis God ? 


4. God is a fpirit, and they that worfhip him, Joh. vi.24.. 


muft worlhip him in fpirit and in truth. Baptizing yotxsviii 
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the __ 19, 
Holy Ghoft. No man hath feen God at any time, Joh. i. x8. 
the only begotten Son, which is in the bofom of the 
Father, he hath declared him. Vid. Exod. iii. 14. 

Q. What are the attributes of God ? 

A. Eternity. 

I lift my hand to heaven and fay, I live forever. Deu.32.40 
Z am the firft, and I am the laft, befides me there is !s2-xliv. 6. 
no God. Before me there was no God formed, nei- La 
ther fhall there be any after me. One day is with 2 Petiti 
the Lord as a thoufand years, and a thoufand years 
as one day. Even from everlafting to everlafting Ps. xc. 2. 


thou art God. The king eternal, immortal, invifi- rrimix7. 


ble, the only wife God. Who only hath immortal- —vi. 16. 
ity. ; 
i 


Immutability. 
- I am the Lord I change not. The Father of Mal. iii. 6. 
lights, with whom is no variablenefs, neither fhadow Jami. 17. 
of turniag. The counfel of the Lord ftandeth for- Psxxziise 
ver, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

a Omnipotence. 

Tam God Almighty. Is any thing too hard for Ges.35.18 
be Lord? 1 kill and I make alive, I wound and J —*¥"-14 
neal, neither is there any that can deliver out of my pearee 
haad. Who hath meafured the waters, in the hol- Isa. x 22 
ow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the fpan, rs. 17. 
omprehended the duft of the earth im a meafure, 
nd weighed the mountains.in f{cales, and the hills in - 
balance ? Behold all nations before him, are as a 
rop of a bucket, and as the fmall duft of the bal- . 
ince, they are counted to him, lef than nothing and 
anity. God faid let there be light, and there was Gen. {. 3. 

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“4 SCIPTURE CATECHISM." 


Psxxxiii9. light. He fpake. and it was: done, he commanded 
Mat.xix26 and it food faft. With God all things are poflible. 
Omnifcience. pergeia ty 
. Heb.iv.rz3 . All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of 
Job xxxiv. him with whom we have to do. There is no dark- 
- a2. mefs or fhadow of death, where the: workers of in- 
1Chrxxix. iquity may hide. The night fhineth as the day, the 
Ad darknefs and the light are both alike to thee. The 
_ Lord fearcheth all hearts,-and underftandeth all the 
Ps.cxxxix. imaginations of the thoughts. “Thou underftandeft 
‘4’ . my thoughts afar off, and there.is not a word in my 
tongue, but lo, O Lord thou knoweft: it altogether. 
1 Samii.3. The Lord is-a God of knowledge, and by him ac- 
Pr. xvi. 2 tions are weighed, yea, the Lord weigheth;the fpirits. 
_Omniprefence. 
ferstiea Am I-a’ God. at hand, faith the Lord, and not a 
“* God afar off ? Can any hide himfelf im fecret places, 
‘ that I fhall not fee him >. Do I not-fill heaven and 
1King viii earth, faith the Lord ; Behold the heaven of heavens 
27; cannot contain thee. Whither fhall I go from thy 
tes fpirit, or whither flee from thy prefence. 
i _ Wifdom. a 
r Joh,is...God is light, and in him there isno darknefs at 
Isa. xd. 14.,all, With whom took he counfel, who inftructed 
him in the path of. judgment, who taught him 
Rom. xvi. knowledge ?) To God only wife;-be glory through 
27. Jefus Chrift, forever. 
ey Holinefs. 
Job ee 5 Behold even to the moon.and it fhineth not, yea 
—iv. 1g, the ftars are not pure in his fight. And his angels 
Rev. iv. 8. he charged with folly. Holy, holy, holy Lord God 
Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. _ 
 Fuftice. Kava 
Gen.18.25 Shall not the judge of all the earth do right ? Juf- 
Ps. 89.14. tice and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 
i X-34 God is no refpeéter of perfons. He regardeth not 
acts “the rich, more than the poor. He leveth righteout- 
ie, xlv. 2x. nefs and hateth iniquity. A juft God and a Sa- 
viour. Loked | 
Goodnefs. Ae ee 
¥x.34.6-7. The Lord proclaimeth his name, the Lord, the 


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Lord God merciful and gracious, long fuffering, © 
abundant in goodnefs and truth, keeping mercy for . 
thoufands, forgiving iniquity, tranfgreffion and fin ;. 
and that will by no means clear the guilty. Like ps. ciii.13, 
as a father pitieth his children, fo the Lord pitieth 
them that-fear him, for he knoweth our frame, he 
remembereth that we are but duft. Can a woman 5s. xlix.rs. 
forget her fucking child, that fhe fhould not have 
compaffion on the fon of her womb; yea they may 
forget, yet will I not forget thee. The mountains Is. liv. ro. 
fhall depart, and the hills be-removed, but’my kind- 
nefs fhall not depart from ‘thee, faith the Lord that 
hath mercy on thee. The Lord is full of com p: wg. 
paifion, flow to anger, of great mercy, good to all, 9. 
and his tender mercies are over all his works. Not ' 
willing that any fhould perifh but that all fhould 2 Petiig. 
come to'repentance. 
; : Truth. 

God is not a man that-he fhould lie; neither the Num-xsiii. 
fon of man that he fhould repent;-hath he faid, and 19. 
| fhall he not do it? Or hath he-fpoken, and fhali. he - 
not make it good? Heaven and earth fhall pafs yparogys: 
away, but my words fhall not pafs away. Faithful Deut.3.24. 
is he that called you, who alfo will do it. A God 
of truth, without iniquity juft and right is He. 


Felicity. 
The blefled God. The bleffed and only poten- 1Timirz. 
tate. Who is-God bleffed forever. VL ER 


~ Incomprehenfibility. ; oe 
Cant thou by fearching find :out God? Canft Job xi. 7. 
thou by dearching find out the Almighty unto per- 
fection? Behold he is great we know him not. xxxvi.26, 
Who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Eph. iv. 6. 
His underftanding is infinite. . He telleth the num- pg cxlvii. 
ber of the ftars, and calleth them all by their names. 54. 
Dwelling in light, which no man can approach unto, 1 Tim. vi. - 
whom no man hath feen, nor can fee, to whom be °° 
honour and power everlafting. Amen. 
Q. What are the decrees of God ? é 
A.. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to ; They, 
obiain falvation, by: our Lord Jefus Chri! He Qe 


16 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM:. 


Ephi.4.12.hath chofen us in him before the foundation of the- 
_ world, that we fhould be holy, and without blame 
before him in love ; In whom alfo we have obtained: 
an inheritance, being predeftimated, according to the 
purpefe of him who. worketh all things after the 
@Pet, j.10.counfel of his.own will. Wherefore, give diligence 
‘to make your calling and eleétion fure, for if ye do 
thefe things ye fhall never fall. See Rom. viil. 29.- 
and ch. g. ' oP eb 
Secr. 3: 
Q. What is the work of creation ? 

: 4. Through faith we uriderftand that the worlds 
Hebsi3. were framed by the word of God, fo that things 
which are feen, were not made of things which do 
Reviv.rz, appears Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory 
and honour and power, for thou haft: created all 
things and for thy pleafure they are and were crea~ 
Ps.civ.24.ted. How manifold are thy works, in wifom halt 

thou made them all. Neh, ix. 6, : ; 

. How. did God create man ? 
Gen. chi. 4. The Lord God formed man of the duft of 
the ground, and breathed into his noftrils the breath 
of life, and man became a living foul. In the im- 
age of God made he man, male and female created. 
he them, and blefled them, and gave them dominion 
over the filh of the fea, the fowls of the air, and over 
the cattle, and every thing that moveth on the earth. 
Job xxxii. There is a {pirit in man and,the infpiration of the 
L a . Almighty giveth them underftanding. A fpirit hath 
ve as =" not fiefh and bones. Vid. Eph, iv. 24. Col.iii, 10. 
Iai aie 

. What are God’s works of providence ? ' 
Ps.ciiixg.. 4+ ‘The Lord hath prepared his throne in the 
AG@.27.28. heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all, In him 
2, Cordiis. We live move and have our being, We are not fuf- 
ficient of ourfelves to think any thing, as of ourfelves, 
Job x. 12. but our fufficiency is of God. His vifitation hath, 
Mat.x.29. preferved my fpirit. Are not two fparrows fold for 
30. a farthing, and one of them {hall not fall om the 
ground without your father. But the very hairs of 
Dan:v. 23. your head are all numbered, Yet the God in whofe 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. ‘ t7 


_ hand thy breath is, aad whofe are all thy. ways, haft 
thou not glorified. Vid, mia “xvi ge Mat.-vié 
26—30. 
Q. Did our firft parents continue, in the Jftate wherein 
they were created ? 
A. Lo this only have I found that God made man Ecl.vii, a 
upright, but they have fought out many inventions. 
_ The ferpent beguiled Eve through his fubtlety ; And 2 Corxi. igs 
_ the woman when fhe faw the tree, (of which God Gen. iii, 
had faid ye fhall not eat) was good for food, and 
_ pleafant to the eyes and to be defired to make one 
| wife, fhe took of the-fruit thereof, and gave alfo to 
her hufband and he did eat, and the eyes of thém 
both were opened, ‘and they were afraid, and hid - 
themfelves from the prefence of the Lotd God, 
_ amongft the trees of the garden. See 1 Tim. i. 14, 


Q. What is fin ? 
1 adhe. Sin 18% ea gaia of ‘the law.  Allun- x Johiiiug: 
righteoufnefs is fin. - ri meet Walid 


Q. . Into what oflate did the fall bring mankind ?. 
|. A. By one man, fin entered into the world and Rom.y.12. 
| death. by- fins and fo death paffed on all men, for 
| that all have finned. And the Lord: God faid to @gy ch iii 
| the woman ; haft hints eaten of the tree, whereof I 
commanded thee not to eat ? I will greatly multiply 
_ thy forrow ; In forrow fhalt thou bring forth chil- 
_ dren, and thy defire fhall be to thy hufband and he 
_ fhall rule over thee.» And unto Adam he faid, ecur-’ 
fed is the ground for thy fake ; in forrow fhalt thou |. 
eat of it all the days of thy life. - Thorns and thiftles 
fhall it- brmg forth to thee, and in the fweat of thy: 
face fhalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the 
ground ; for duft thou art and unto duft fhalt thou 
_return. Vid. Rom. viii. zo and vii. 18. Gal. v. ta 
1 Cor. ii, 14.° 
Q. Did God leave man to oper i in a cpa - fin id 
mifery ? ; 
A, God fo. lowdd the ‘worlds that’ ne gave his Joh. iii, ar 
only begotten Son, that whofoever believeth in him 
fhould not perifh, but have: everlafting life. -What’ pom, oy 
‘the law could do, in that it was weak through 34, 
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16 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM, 


the fiefh, God fending his own Son im the likenefs of 
finful flefh, and for fin condemned fin im the flefh ; 
That the righteoufnefs of the law might be fulfilled 
in. us, who walk not after the flefh, but after the 
Gal. iii23. fpirit. ‘The feripture hath concluded. all under fin, 
that the promife by faith in Jefus Chrift might be 
Rom.v.x8. given to them that believe. Therefore as by the of- 
fence of one judgment came upon. all men to con- 
demnation, even fo by the righteoufmeds of one, the 
free gift came upon all men unto cane of life, 
See Rom, iii. 22. 
Secr. 4. . + <0 
‘ Q. Who was Fefus Chrift ? 

Matxvirs 4. The Son cf the living God: silos a voice 
Matiii.17- from heaven faid, this is my beloved Son in whom I 
Rom. i. 4.am well pleafed. He was alfo declared to be the 

Son of God with power, by the refurreétion from 
Mat. i, a1. the dead. ‘Thou fhalt call his name Jefus, (i. e. Sa- 
viour) for he fhall fave his people from their fins. 
Asx. 38. And Simon Peter faid thou art the Chi i.e. Met- 
fiah or the anointed of God. 
Q. How did Chrif the Son afi Cniisheositers man ? 
Mat.i,23. <4 Behold a virgin fhall bring forth a fon and! 
they fhall call his name Immanuel, which being in- 
Gal. iv. 4. texpreted i is, God with us. . When, the fulnef& of the 
time was come God fent forth his Son, made of a 
woman, made under the law, to redeem them that. 
were under the law, that we might reecive the adop- 
Joh. i. 14. tion of fons. And the “ word” was made flefh and 
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory 
of the only begotten of the Father, full of , and: 
Col. ii.9. truth. In hima dwelleth all the fulnels the god- 
Hebwvii.z6 head. bodily ;. who was holy, harmlefs, wadefiled, 
feparate from finners, and made higher than the 
heavens. Wid. Heb. ii. 16. andi. 3. 2 Timi iii, 162. 
Q. Js Chrift the only redcemer of our race. ~ 
A@siv.i2. 4 There is none other name under heaven, given 
1 Timi. 27mOng-men, whereby we mutt be faved. There is 
one God, and one mediator between God and man,: 
. a man Chriit Jefus, Who gave cpracre tei HR 


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Q. What offices doth Chrift execute as our redeemer ? 
A. ‘The office of a prophet, or teacher. 
| <Mofes truly faid unto the Fathers, a prophet fhall A&s iiiaz 
the Lord our God raife up unto you; of your breth- 
| ren, kim ye fhall hear, in all things sbeebs he 
‘fhall fay unto you. We know that thou art a teach- Joh. iii. 2. 
er come from God, for no man can do thefé mira- 
cles except God be with him. Vid. John xv. 15. 

Of a prieft, to atone, and intercede. 

Tn all things it behoved him to be made like his Heb, ii17. 
‘brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful 
high prieft, in things pertaming to God, to make 
reconciliation for the fins of the people. Wherefore —viiz4-5 
he is able to fave them unto the uttermoft, that come 
unto God by him, feeing he ever liveth to make 
“< interceffion” for phem.. He once appeared, to put — ix. 26.. 
away fin by the facrifice of himfelf, and becaufe he 
conttaueth forever, he hath an unchangeable prieft- 
| hood. If any man fin we have an advocate with y Joh. ii, 

the Father, Jefus Chrift the righteous. Andheis_ 1.2. 
the propitiation for our fins, and not for ours only, 
but alfo for the fins of the whole world. Eph. v. 2. 
Haiah ha. 12. 
A king, ta rule, and conguer. 

The Father loveth the Son and hath given all Johiii. 35.. 
things imto his hand, even all power in heaven. and: 
earth. And he muft reign till he hath put all 1 Cor. xv 
things under his feet. The laft enemy is death. ** 
Lord remember me when thou comett into thy king- Luke xxii 
dom. And Jefus faid unto him, verily I fay unto 473 
thee, to day fhalt thou be with me in paradife. 
Mat. xxi. 5. Acts v. g1. Rev. xix. 16. 

Q. Wherein did Chriff’s humihation conf ? 

A. He took upon him the form of a fervant, and py j:..5 
was made im the hkenefs of men, and being found in “i 
fafhion as a man, he humbled himiclf, and became © 
obedient unto death, even the death of the crois. 

Ye know the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that 2 Cor.viii, 
though he was rich, yet for your fakes he became 9. 
poor, that we through his poverty might be wer] 

Gal. it, 13. Heb. xu. 2-34 Haiah lin. 2-3. 


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Wherein confifled Chrift’s exaltation ? 

Hebxii.2. 4. Jefus for the joy that was fet before him‘en- 
dured the crofs defpifing the fhame and is fet down 
Eph.i. 17. at the right hand of God. The God of our Loré 
20. 21.22. Jefus Chrift, the Father of glory, hath raifed him. 
from the dead, and fet him at his own right hand in 

the heavenly places : -Far above’all principality and 

power, and might, and dominion, and every name 

that is named, not only in this world, but alfo that 

which is to come, and hath put all things under his 

feet, and gave him to be-head over all things to the 

Aas xvii. church, And hath appointed a day, in which he 
3% fhall judge the world in righteoufnefS by that ‘ man’? 
whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given af- 

furance to all. men,-in that he hath raifed him from 

the dead. Heb. i- 3-4. Phil. it. g, 10, 11. 
SECT: 5s 
Q. What benefits do. we-receive we the death and 


Ss ering: of Chrift ? 
Redemption. 


x Peti. 18. + te were not redeemed with corruptible things Sas 
filver and gold, but with the precious blood of Chrift, 
Heb. ix.r2. By his own blood, he obtained eternal redemption for 
Tit ii 14 us. He gave himfelf for us, that he might redeem 
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himfelf a pe- 
Gal. i. 4, Culiar people zealous of good works. He gave hime 
felf for our-fins that he. might deliver us from this 
r Theff. i. prefent evil world.. Jefus delivered us ae the 
. 42 wrath to come. 
: Remiffion of fin. ~ 
PE sep ng _ The blood of Jefus Chrift his Soa cleanfeth face 
»g, all fin. My blood is thed for the remiffion of fins: 
Heb.ix.22. Without fhedding of blood there is rio “« remiffion.?? 
Eph. i. 7, In him we have redemption, through his blood even 
the forgivoenef of fin,.according to: i riches of hie 
race. . 
be Reconciliation to God. 
x Petiir8 Chrift hath fuffered for fins, the jut f for ithe unjutt, 
Romy.ro. that he might dring us to God. If when we were 
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of 
his Son, much more, being ,reconciled, we fhall be 


SCRIPTURE CATECHSIM: Te 


faved by his life. You that were fometimes alien- Coli2r-2- 
lated, and enemies in your mind, by wicked works, 
he hath now reconcil:d, in the body of his fleth, 
through death, to prefent you holy and unblameable 


in-his fight. 

Fuftification. 

God commendeth his love towards us, in that 
‘while we were yet finners Chri& died for us ; much 
‘more then, being now jufified by his blood, we fhall 
Be faved from wrath through him. Who was deliv+ ~ iv. 25. 
ered for our offences and was raifed again for our 
juftification. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Chrift —viii4, 
‘that died... 

Sandification. 

We are /andifed through the offering of the body Heb. x.10.: 
of Jefus Chrift once forall. He was made fin for aCorvar, 
‘us, Who knew no fin, that we might be made the 
rightcoufne/s of God-in.him.. If the blond:of bulls Heb4ix.13. 
and of goats fandifieth to the purifying of the fleth, 

chow much more tha!l the blood of Chrikt, purge your 
-confciences from dead works to ferve the living God, 

Chri {uffered for us, leaving us an example,that y Pet. #- 
ye thould follow his fteps ; who did no fin, neither ar-24..0 
|was guile found in his mouth. - Who when he was. 
reviled, reviled not again, when he fuffered’ he: 
threatened not ; but committed himfelf to him that 
judgeth righteoufly. Who his own felf bear our 
fins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead 
to fin, fhould live to righteoufnefs, by whole firipes . 
we are healed. 


Rom.v.8.9 


Glorijications 

Bringing many {ons to glory, through fufferings. py i376, 
For this caufe he is the. mediator of the New Telta- — ix. x5,. 
ment, that by means of death for the redemption of 
the tranfgreffors, they which axe called might reccive 
the promife of eternal inheritance. He died for us qhesy.r0, 
that whether we wake, or fleep, we fhould live to-. 
gether with him. He that {pared-not his own fon, po. viz. 
| but delivered shim up for us all, how fhall he not 32, | 
with him alfo freely give us all things. The gift of 
God is eternal life, through Jefus Chrift_our Lord. — vi.23, 


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22 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM.” 


Q. What is the gofpel of Fefus Chrift.” bende, 
Luke ii, 4. Good tidings Brom n a to all mee For: 
t0-14 2 Saviour is born, which is Chrift the Lord. And. 
a multitude’ of the heavenly holt praifed God, fay- 
ing, glory to God in the higheit, and on earth peaces 
1 Timixzs good will towards men. This is a faithful faying, 
~ and worthy of all acceptation, that Chrift Jefus came 
Isa. Ixiii. 1.intto the world to ‘ fave finners.” Who is this thar 
cometh from Edom, swith dyed garments from Boz- 
rah, glorious in his apparel, travelling in the great~ 
nefs of his ftrength ? ~fthat fpeak in righteoufnefs,: 
Johwvi.gs.  ™ighiy to fave.” IT am the bread: off lifes he that 
. cometh to me fhall never hunger, he that believeth 
—v1- 37-on me fhall never thirft. Inthe laft day, that great 
day of the feait, Jefus ftood and cried, faying, if any 
Ma. lv. x. man thir let him come.unto me and drink, Ho 
every one that thirfteth come-ye to the waters, and 
he that hath no money come ye, buy and eat, yea 
come buy wine and milk, without money and with- 
Mat. xix. out price. Suffer little children, and forbid them 
14- not, to come unto me, for of fuch is the kingdom of 
Ifa. xl. 11. heaven. . He. will gather. the lambs with his army 
Matxi.28.and carry them in his bofom. Come unto me alk 
ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 
Rev. xxii. you reft, The fpirit and the bride fay come, and 
17. let him that heareth, fay come, and let him that is 
athirit, come : -And whofoever will, let him come, 
Joh. vi. 37-And him that.cometh I wilh im no-wife caft ovt. 
Ma. i. 18. Come now-and let us-reafon together, faith the Lord, 
though your fins be as fearlet they fhall be white as 
. {now, though they be»red like erimfon, they fhall be 
—xlv. 22 as wool. . Look unto me, and be ye faved al! the 
Ezxviiiz3ends of the earth. Have I any pleafure at all, that 
’ the wicked fhould die, faith the Lord, and not that. 
he fhould return from his ways and live? As I live 
faith the Lord God, I have no pleafure in the death 
of him that dieth ; wherefore, turn ¥e, turn ye, from 
your evil ways, for why will ye die? ti 
- How are we made partakers of the redemption 
purchafed by Chrift ? ub dstisige? ~« 
Tit.iii.s. 4.” Not by. works of righteoufnefs which we have 


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one, but according to his mercy, he faved us by 

the wafhing of regeneration and the renewing of the 

Holy Ghoft. He that believeth on the Son hath John iii.36 
verlafting life, and he that -believeth not the Son 

fhall not fee life, but the wrath of God abideth on 

him. He is the -author of eternal falvation to all Heb.v.9. 
them that obey him. 

_ Q. What is regeneration, or effedual calling. 

_ A. If any man be in Chrift, he is a new creature; , oor... 
old things are paft away, behold all things are be- 

come new. 


e eby The Author. 
God who hath called-us with an holy calling, not2 Tim. i.g. 
according to our works, -but according to hts own 
‘purpofe and grace, which was given us in Chrift . 
Jefus before the ‘vorld began. A new-heart will I Ezk.xxtvi. 
give you and a new {pirit will I put within you, and 26, 27-37» 
I will take away the ftony heart, and give you an 
heart of flefh, and I will put my fpirit within you, 
and caufe you to walk in my ftatutes. Yet I will, 
for this be inquired of by the houfe of Ifrael to do it 
for them, faith the Lord.God. Caft away all your Ezek-xviii. 
tranfgreflions, and make you a new heart, andanew 31,32 — 
Mpirit, for why will ye die O houfe of Ifrael, for I 
have no pleafure in the death of the wicked, faith 
the Lord, wherefore turn yourfelves, and live. 
‘Means. : 
Born again, not of corruptible but of incorrupti- rPet.i. 23. 
ble feed, by the “ word of God,” which liveth and 
abideth forever. Of his own will-begat he us with Jamesiix8. 
| the word of truth. Vid. 1 Cor. iv. 15. ; 
j eceffily. 
Without holinefs none fhall fee the Lord. Except Heb.xii.rg 
a man be born again he cannot fee the kingdom of Jobn iii 3. 
God. 
: “Fruit and defign. 
We are his:workmanfhip created in Chrift Jefus Eph iksro. 
unto-good works which God hath:before ordained 
that we fhould walk in them. 
\ Secr. 6. 
Q.  Whaiis juftification ? 


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24 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


4. Be it known unto you, that through this 
.A@s xiii. is preached unto you the forgivenefs of fins, and b 
33,39 him all that believe, are jftihed from all things (i. e. 
exempted from all-fins) from which ye could not’ 
_2Cor.vi.11 juftified by the law of Mofes. Ye are juitified in 
name of the Lord Jefus, and by the. Spirit of | 
Rom. iii, God. All have finned and come fhort of the glon 
.23-26. of God, being juftified freely by his grace, through 
the redemption that is in Jefus‘Chrift. Whom:God| 
hath fet forth to be a propitiation through faith in| 
this blood, to declare his righteoufnefs for the remif- 
fion of fins that.are paft, threugh the forbearance 
God; that he might be juft, and the juftifier of him 
Gal. ii. 16, Who believeth in Jefus. We have believed in Jefus 
Chrift, that we might*be juftified by the faith -of 
Chrift and not‘ by the works of the law, for by the 
works of the law-thall no fleth be juftified. See Phil. 

iii, 8-9. Rom. iw. 5-8 and v. 8-21. ; 

Q. What is adoption ? 

Johnizz. . 4. As many as received “him to them gave he 
power to become the “ fons’? of God, even to them 
-Galiv.6, that believe on his name. >And becaule ye are 
fons,’ God hath fent forth the fpirit of his Son 
into your -hearts, cryingAbba Father. d-will be a 
father unto you and ye fhall be my fons and daugh- 
“Rom. viii. ters faith the Lord Almighty. .And-if children then 
‘x7. heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Chrift. Be- 
‘zJohniii.t. hold what manner of love the Father hath beltowed 
on us that we fhould be called the fons of Gody 
Eph. i. 5,6. Having predeltinated us unto the adoption of children 
by Jefus Chrift, to himfelf, according to the, 
pleafure of his will, to the praife of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the be- 
loved. 

Q. What is fan&ification 2° . ‘ ; 
2Petiiiag. 4. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our 
—i. 5-7, Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. —Giving all dili- 

gence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowl- 
edge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temper- 
ance patience, and to patience godlinefs, and to god- 
linefs brotherly kindneis, and to brotherly kindnefs 


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‘charity. This one thing I do forgetting thofe:things Philii‘.x3. 
‘which are behind and reaching forth to thofe that %* 

_are before, I prefs towards the mark for the prize of : 
the high calling of God in Chrilt Jefus. God hath 2 Theff.i. 


from the beginning chofen you to falvation, through  ** 
danctification of the fpirit and belief-of the truth. 
“Of him are ye in Chrift Jefus who of God is made i Usragb. 


“unto us, wifdom, righteoulnefs,  /anéification,”” and 
‘redemption. ~ 

» Q. What are the benefits which in this life do accom- 
pany or flow from juftification, adoption and faniification ? 
[4 fe Affurance of hope. 

_- Thefe things have I written unto you that believe , John v, 
‘on the name of the Son of God, that you may know ~ 13. 
‘that ye have eternal life. Hereby we do know, that 1 Joh.ii.3. 
we know him, if we keep his commandments. We 2 Cor.v.1, 
Anow that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle 

were diffolved, we have a building of God, an houfe 

‘not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Now 1 Jobiii.2, 
are we the fons of God, and it doth not yet appear 

what we fhall be, but we know that, when he {hall 

‘appear, we fhall be like him, for we fhall fee him as 

‘he is. J am perfuaded, that.neither death, nor life, Ron. viii, 
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things 38-9. 
-prefent, nor things to come; nor height, nor depth, 

‘nor anyother creature, fhall be able to feparate us 

‘from the love of God which is in Chrift Jefas our 
Lord, 


Peace of mind. 

Being juftified by faith, we have peace with God Ron.y. 2. 
through our Lord Jefus Chrift; By whom weftand, 2. 5. 
and rejoice, in hope of the glory of God. And this 
Aope maketh not afhamed, becaufe the love of God is 
‘fhed abroad:-in our hearts, by the Holy Ghoft, which 
is given unto us. The fruit of the fpirit is love, joy, Galw.a33 
«« peace,” long fuffering, gentlencfs, goodneis, faith, 
\maecknefs, temperance... 

.. Foy inthe Holy Ghof. Tye 

The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but Rom. xi” - 

righteoufhe!s, au eee and “joy”? in the Holy x9. 35. 
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Ghoft: For he that in thefe nea fervéth Chritt is 
+ Coritz. acceptable to God and approved cf men. Our “re- 
_ -Joicing” is this, the teftimony of our confcience, that 
"in fimplicity and godly dincerity, not with flefhly wif 
dom, but by the grace of God, we have had our 
Bled verfation i in the world. —As forrowful- yet always 
x Pet. iB. “ rejoicing.” _ Unto. you that believe he is precious, 
whom having not feen,. ye. love, in. whom though 
now ye fee him not, yet believing ye “ rejoice rca 
joy”’ unfpeakable. and full of glory. 
 . eGrowth in grace. 
The path of the juft,.is as the fhining light, that 
Shineth more and more to the perfeét day. 
Per feverance .ta: the hd 
Phil 6. > Being - confident of. this very rs that-he which 
_ hath begun.a good.work in you, perform it un- 
t Pet.i. 5. til the day of Jefus Chrift. -Who are kept by the 
x Cor.xv. power of: God. through faith unto falvation. Be ye 
5% ftedfaft, unmoveable, always abounding-in the work 
of the Lord, forafmuch as ye know that your labour’ 
_ Revi. ro. isnot in vain in the Lord. Be thou faithful unto deaths 
and I will give thee a crewn of life. © 
:SEcT. .7- 
Q. Whatiis tie dj ference between the righteous, and 
the wicked, at-death.? 
a .A. The wicked is pS away in bis wickednefs, 
32.  but.the righteous hath hope in his death. . Mark the 
.Psg7-37. perfect man, and behold the upright ; for the end of 
-Rev.xiv.t3 that man is peace. _I heard a voice from heaven, 
-faying; blefled are the.dead that die’ in the Lord, 
from: henceforth they reft from their labours, and 
_Cor.v. 8. their works do follow them. * We are confident and 
9 willing rather to be abfent from the body, and be 
prefent with the Lord : Wherefore-we labour, that 
whether prefent. or abfent, . we: may oa accepted of 
~him. 
Q. What benefits do belicwers. feceine from Chrif,, a 
- the refurredion ? 
“orexv. 4. ‘There is one glory. of jis fun, another a 
%4-44-- of the moon, and another glory of the ftars ; 
.as the refurrestion of the coon 3 itas fowni ALOE | 


- Prov.iv.18 


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tion, it is raifed in-incorruption ; it is fown a natural 


- body, it is raifed a fpiritual body. «The Lord Jefus Philiii.2a ~ 


Chrift fhall changé our vile body that it may be fath- 


ioned like unto his moft -glorious body. « Behold I 1 Canam 
fhew you a myftery ; We fhall notvall fleep; but we 51 5% 


_ fhall be changed,’ in a moment, in the twinkling of 


an eye, at the laft trump, for the trumpet fhall found; 
and the dead fhall be raifed incorruptible, and we 


fhall be changed». For the Lord himfelf fhall de- x Theffiv 


_ feend from:heaven with a fhout, with the voice of 16-17. 


“the archangel, and with the trump of God. And’ 
the dead in Chrift fhall rife firft ; then we which:are © 


alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, fhall _ 
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to» 
meet the Lord in the air ; and fo fhall we ever be 


with the Lord». Then fhall be brought to pafs that z Cor. xv» 


faying, Death is fwallowed. up in victory. O death 54-57. 
where is thy fting, O grave where is thy victory. 


_ The fting of death is fin ; and the ftrength of -fin is: 
‘the law. But thanks be to God who giveth us the. 
-vidtory, through our Lord Jefus Chriit.. Job. xix. - 


26, 27. | portaer at 
9. What fiall be done to’ the righicous and to the: 
wicked, after the refurreBion ? 
4, We thall all ftand before the judgment feat Rom. xiv: 


of Chrift'; then every one of us fhall give an ac- rosa. 
count. of .himfelf to God; that every one may re- 2 Cofv.to 


ceive the things done in his body, according.to what 
le hath done, whether it be good or bad... The hour Joh. v.:28.. 


is coming, in which all that are in their graves fhall 29. + 


hear his voice, and fhall: come forth, they that have 


_ done good, unto. the refurrection of life, and they 


that have done evil, unto.the refurrection of damna- 

tion. When the Son of man fhall come in his glory, Mat. xxv. ~ 
and all the holy angels with him, then fhall he fit 31, 32. 
upon the throne of his glory, and before him fhall be 

gathered all nations. I beheld, and the Ancient of Dan. vii, 
Days did fit, whofe garment was white as fnow, and: 9 7 
the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne 

was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning 

fire. A fiery: ftieam iffued, and came forth, from 


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before him,.tHoufand thoufands miniftered unto him, 
R and ten thoufand times tem thoufand ftood before 
“rit him, The judgment was fet. And I fawa great 
‘white throne, and him that fat upon it, from whofe 
face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there — 
was foundyno place for them. And-I faw the dead 
- {mall and great, ftand before God, and the books . 
were opened, and the dead were judged out of thofe 
things which were written in the books, according to 
Mat. xxv. their works. © Then fhall he feparate them one pes 
another, as a fhepherd divideth his fheep from the 
» goats; and he fliall fet the fheep on his right hand, 
but the goats on the left. Then fhall the King fay 
unto them on his right hand, come ye bleffed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from 
Rev. xxi, the foundation of the world. And God himfelf 
3.4. {hall be with them, and be their God. And he hall . 
wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there fhall 
Luke xx, be no more forrow, nor crying, nor pain, neither can 
36. they die any more: For they are equal unto the an- 
gels ;. and are the children of God, being the chil- 
dren of the refurrection. "Then fhall he fay alfo unto 
them on the left hand, depart from me ye'curfed, in-. 
to everlafting fire prepated for the devil and his’an« 
Mat.13.42 gels. There fhall be wailing and gnathing of teeth. 
Markiv44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. Thefe fhall go away into everlafting- 
punifhment, but the righteous into life eternal. 
a Petiiirg Wherefore, beloved, feeing that ye look for fuch 
x0,11. things, be diligent, that you may be found of him in. 
peace, withcut {pet, and blamelefs. Butthe day of 
the Lord will come as a thief in the night (i. e. un- 
expectedly), in the which, the heavens being on fire}. 
fhall pats away with a great noife, and the elements 
Shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth alfo, and the: 
works that are therein, fhall be burnt up. Seeing - 
then that all thefe things fhall be diffolved, what 
manner of perfons ought ye to be in all holy conver- 
fation and ‘godiinefs. +o Eee ae 
oy Sret.: Beh aes ae . 
Q. What isthe duty which God requires of man ? 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM.. 29 


Ae Fear God and keep his commandments, for Eoc:xii.t3 » 
this is the whole duty of man. He hath fhewed Mic. vi. 8.- 


- thee O man, what is good, and what doth the Lord 
_ require of thee, but to do jultly, and to love mercy; 


is better than facrifice, and to hearken, than.the fat 


and walk humbly. with thy God... Behold, to obey ? oe 2Y. 


“of rams. Blefled are: they that do his command- po. ysis 
ments, that they may have-a right:to the tree of life, ~~ ; ie % 


and may enter in through the gates into: the city. 


Q.. What is the moral law? os) 
A. The ten-commandments, that Mofes wrote Deut.x. 4.:. 


on two tables of ftone, which the Lord fpake unto 


him in the mount out of the midft of fire. Where- Rom.7.12 « 


fore the law. is holy, and the commandment holy, y 
and juft, and good... I am-not come to deftroy the Mat.v.r7.- 


| our enemies, might ferve God, without fear, in -holi- 
_ nefs and righteoufnefs before him,” all the days of 


Jaw, or the prophets, but to-fulfil; till heaven and 
earth pafs, not-one jot or tittle, fhall in no wife pafs 
from the law, till all be fulfilled. _ 
QQ. What-is the:fum of the ten commandments? __ ; 
A. Thou. fhalt love the Lord thy God with-all Mat. xxii, 
thy heart, and with-all.thy foul, and with all thy 37-4%- 
mind, aud thy neighbour as’ thyfelf ; on thefe two 
commandments hang all the. law and prophets. - 
Qe Whatvis the fam of the firft.table of the.ten com ~- 


_ mandments. 2 — 


A. . Worthip God.’. : Revxixiro | 
Q.. What is the fum of the fecond table, or fix laft pre 
cepts of the moral law 2. f 
4... All things. -whatfoever: ye -would that. men Matwiirg 
Miould .do to -you,:do ye even fo to.them, for this is - 
the law and the prophets... . | e ; 
Q. What is the preface to the ten commandments: ? 
4. I am the Lord thy God which brought thee - 


out of theland of Egypt, out of the houfe of bond. =* ** >” 


Age. - : ; ; : t 
Q. What doth the preface to the: ten commandments 
teach us 2° 


A. Thatwe, being delivered out of shes hands of toke ing 


our livess. And as he that hath called you tboly, Pet. i, 25.5 - 
Ca - . 


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fo be ye holy in all manner of converfation. Foraf- 
much as ye were not redeemed with corruptible 
things, as filver and gold, from your vain converfa- 
tion, but with the precious blood of Chrift, as of a 
lamb without blemifh and without fpot.' 3 Cor. vi. 
#9, 20. SAT eS RT Fae ot 
Sees’ Piet 

The decalogue, or law of ten commandments, 
was written by the finger of God, on two tables of 
hewn ftone ; of which the firft table contains all the 
duties of worfhip or piety which we owe to God ; 
and the fecond, thofe of equity and benevolence to- 


- wards man. In the firf table are contained four 


‘ precepts, of which the firlt refpeéts the objed, the fec- 


ond, the means, the third, the manner, and the fourth,. 
the time of worfhip. In the fecond table which con- 
tains fix precepts, the fifth enjoins relative duties, the 
fixth guards the life, the feventh the chaftity, the. 
eighth the property, and the ninth the reputation, of 
ourfelves and others ; while the tenth ftrikes at the 
root of all evil, and forbids; even the defire or incli- 
nation, of doing any thin urious to our neigh- 
bour. “J had not known infty except the law had faid, 
thow foalt not covet.” In the decalogue, i.e. in ten 
words, infinite wifdom has given us an accurate 
abridgment of all piety and morality. There being 
no one duty required, or any fin forbidden in the 
whole book of God, but is implied, in one or more 
of thefe precepts. Moft of the commands are ex- 
prefled in negative, or prohibitory terms ; the fourth 
and fifth only, are affirmative, or enjoining. The 
affirmative, however, always imclude 2 prohibition 
of the contrary fin, and the negative an injundtion 
of the oppofite duty. Negative precepts bind in every 
cafe and at every moment of time; and the fame 
precept which forbids the outward a@,° equally for- 
bids the inward propenfity, or defire of the heart, as 
well as every appearance of evil, er temptation lead- 
ing on to it. Duties of the higheft clafs are thofe 
which bejong to the fir table of the law, becau‘c 


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SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 3r 


they arife from the firft and’ moft durable relation... 
Man had a maker, before he had a neighbour, to love. 
He became the fubject of God, before he was a mem- 
ber of humanfociety. Juftice and charity are then, 
acceptable acts of obedience to Gad, when they flow- 


_ from principles of piety ; nor can it be expected that: 


any man will be true to his neighbour, who is falfe to__ 


_ his God. 


Secr. 10. 
Q. Which is the firft commandment ? 
A. Thou fhalt have no other Gods before me. Exod. xz, 
What is required in the firj commandment ? 

A. The firft commandment requires us, 

. To know God. 

Know thou the God of thy fathers, and ferve him ; chrexvii. 
with a perfea heart and with a willing mind, for the 9. 
Lord fearcheth the heart, and underftandeth all the 
imagination of the thoughts. Acquaint now thyfelf Job xxiizr 
with him, and be at peace ; thereby good fhail come 
unto thee. He that loveth not, knoweth not God; 1 Johiv.3_- 
for God is love. He that faith T know him and keep- , Joh. ii. 3 
eth not his commandments, is a lyar, and the truth 
isnotinhim. 

To choofé and acknowledge Him, as our God. 

Choofe ye this day whom ye will ferve. The Joth.24.x¢ 
Lord fhall be my God. The Lord is the true God ; Psxlvitizg 
he is the living God, and an everlatting king. Thou [°F * * 
hat avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and ““"** 
to walk in his ways, to keep his ftatutes, and hearken 
to his voice. In all thy ways acknowledge God, Proviii. 6. 
and he fhall dire& thy paths. be 

To worfbip and glorify him. 
Thou thalt “ worfbip” the Lord thy God, and Mat.iv.ro 


him only fhalt thou ferve. Whether ye eat or drink, : Corx.30 


or whatfoever ye do, do all to the “glory” of God. | 
Herein is my father “ glorified,” that ye bear much Joh. xv. 8. 
fruit, See Gal. iv. 28. F 
Q. How muff we hip and glorify God ? 
4, Inthe coher Sunes 
Regard to the divine prefence. ey 
Thave fet the Lord always before me. Seeing Pa xvi 6 


50. SCRIPTURE CATECHISM 


Heb-x1.27. him who is invifible. - Dot hot hoitecsaayh ways, and 
- 9.16 Count all my fteps. Surely y the Lord i is pcan 
%en-28-10 204 I knew it not. Wee e eit. fF nite 
Fear and reverence. ie T 
Heb.xii.23 * Let us have grace whereby ‘we may ferve God: 
_ 29. acceptably with» ‘Teverence and. godly fear. For our: 
Nahi 6. God is a confuming fire. Who-can | before his- 
indignation, who can abide the fiercenefs of -his an-! 
Mat x. 28. ger ? Fear not them who kill the body, but are not . 
able to kill the foul, but rather fear him, who is able 
to deftroy both body and foul-in hell... The fire that 
Heb. x.32. never fhall be quenched. It is a fearful thing to fall 
Psal. iv. 4.into the hands of the living God... Stand in awe and 
fin not ; but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the 
Job xviii, day long... For behold the fear of the Lord,. that is 
28.  wifdom,-and to depart from ‘evil is St ines 
Deut.v.z9 O that there were fuch an heart in them, that they 
would fear me, and keep all my commandments al-- 
ways, that it might be. well with: pone “eh with mak 
children forever... } ' 
. Love-te ‘eat nO 
; Jom. 93.1%. Take good heed unto yourfelves, - that. ye! oe the. 
Lord your God. Keep yourfelves in the love of 
God, looking for the:merey of our Lord Jefis:‘Chrift 
Ps. xlii. a, Unto eternal. life... As. the heart panteth-.after the 
water. brooks, {o panteth my foul after thee, O. God? 
Ps. Ixxiii,. Whom have I in heaven but. thee, and there is none 
25,26. ypon earth that.I defire befides. thee—God is the 
ftrength of my heart, and my portion forever. This: 
t Johv.3-i¢. the, love of.God, that we keep: his commandments, 
and his commandments are not grievous. - 
ie Gratitude and Praife, - 
Bycxviiz, What hall I render-unto the Lord for all his:be- 
" —cxxxix. nefits towards me. .. How precious are thy. thoughts 
17.18 unto me, O. God, how great is the fum. of them. If 
I fhould count them, they are more in number than 
—Jxxxvi. the fand, when I awake, I amoftill. with thee. I will 
2. praife thee O Lord my_God,_ aa ae heart, I 
will glorify thy name forever and ever... 
Fervency and Leal. 
Romraax Not flothful. ia a eer fervent . in ee rit, ferving 


Jude xxi. 


SCRIPTURE CATECHSIM. 3 


‘the Lord. The zeal. of thine houfe hath eaten me Ps Inix.y. 
up. .He was zealous for his God ; Zealous of good 
works, 


a 


Hope.and Truf in God. 

The Lord is my portion, faith my foul, therefore samiii.24. 
Twill hope in him.» Who is among you, that fear- fsa. l. 10. 
eth the Lord, who walketh in darknefs, and hath no - 
light, let him truft inthe name of the Lord, and 
‘ftay upon his God... They that wait on the Lord yy, x1.33.: 
fhall renew their ftrength, they ihall mount up with 
wings as eagles, they fhall run and not be weary, 
they fhall walk and not faint. Thou wilt keep him —xxvi. 3. 
in perfe& peace, whofe. mind is ftayed: on thee, be- - 
caufe he trufteth in thee. Commit thy way unto the p,xexviis 
Lord, truft alfo in-him, and he fhall bring it:to pafs.- 

‘What time Iam afraid, [ will truftin thee. Though — \vi 3. 
he flay me, yet will I trut in him... He fhall not be {ob aii-ss 
afraid of evil tidings, his heart is fixed, trufting in** "7 ~ 
the Lord. Bleffed is the man that trufteth in him..p, 54. 3 
‘Curfed is the man that traftethin man, and maketh Jer. xvii.¢. 
Aleth his arm, and whofe heart departeth from the-- 

Lord, Trake heed, left there be in any of you an ‘Hebdiirs. 
evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living 

‘God: 
Foy. and ddlight in Gad. . Pie: 

| Serve the Lord with gladnefs. Delightithyfelfin pee, 2. 
the Lord, and he thall give thee the defires of thine —rxxvii.g 
heart. ‘Thus faith the Lord, let not the wife man Jer ™ 22. 
glory in his wifdom, neither let the mighty manglo- ** 
ry in his might, nor let the rich man glery in his 

riches, but let him glory in this, that he underftand- 

‘eth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord, who exer- -» 

cifeth loving kindnefs, judgment and righteoufnefs : 

in the earth. Although the fig tree fhall not bloflom, py,3, 479, 
neither fhall fruit be in the vines, the labour of the © 78.°" 
olive fhall fail, &c. yet will I rejgiée.in the. Lord, I 

will joy in the God of my falvsion.. My foul doth pur. xtyi. 


I 


magnify the Lord, and:my {pirit hath rejoicedin 4, 

IGod my Saviour. * The Iuord reigneth, let the earth py xevii.r, 
rejoice. . Let the righteous be glad, let them rejoice: —lxviii,3. 
ie the Lord, yea, let them-exceedingly rejoice, and —xxxii-tz 


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34° SCRIPTURE CATECHISM: 


Revxis.6. fhout for joy. - Alleluia; feet the Lord.God omnipes 
tent. reigneth, ee 
Meditation on Gad, 
Pslxiii.6. _ 1 remember thee upon iny bed, I'meditate on oad 
—civ.34.in the night watches. My ‘meditation of him ee 
Is, xxvi. 8. be fweet. The defire of our fouls is to. Fee Greg 
Mal. iiix6and to the remembrance of -thee. - 
remembrance was written before hing for them ee 


Jer. di. 32. thought om his name. . Can a maid forge er orna- 
ments,-or a bride her attire, yet my peopl = for- 
gotten me. days without number... 4 a be 


on his Word. . 
Pacxixo7 O howl love thy law}: It is my a F tation all 
148.. the day. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that 
I might. -meditate in. thy word. 

on-his Works. 

Pa. cxliii.s I ‘meditate -on all thy works. I--mufe on oe 

Ps. exi. 2-work of thy haid. The “works of the Lord are 
great, fought out of all them that have pleafure there- 

is xi, 26. im. . Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath 
created thefe things, that bringeth out their hoft by 

Ps, viii, 3. ee he. calleth them. all by. inames.. When I 

onfider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the 
ton and the ftars which thou haft ordained ; what 
is man, that. thou art mindful of. him, or the fon of 
man, that-thou vifiteft him 2 / 

, on his Son. - 

Hebxii.3. “ Confider” him that endured fuch ee iaion 
offinners againf himfelé, Ack ye. be wearied and 
faint in your minds. :. 

Attention to the. providence of | Cod. 

Jo 37-14- Hearken unto this O Job, ftand till and confider 

—36. 24. the wonderous works of God. . Remember that thou 

Mic. vi. 9: magnify his work which men behold.. Hear ye the 

Mat. vi. “© rod,” and ‘him:that hath appointed-it. Behold 
the fowls of the air, for they fow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather. intabarns,-yet-your.heavenly Father 
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they. 
Confider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they 

toil not, neither do they fpin 5 And yet, ‘Solomon, 
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of thefe. 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. "85 


Wherefore, if God fo clothe the grafs of the field, 
fhall he-not much more clothe you. ‘T‘he harp and 1s. v. 12. 
the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine, are in their 
feafts ; but they regard not the work of the Lord, _ 
neither confider the operation of his hands. 

Submiffion to Divine Providence. 
Behold, here am’ I, let him do to me, as feemeth-2 Sam. xv. . 
good unto him. Not-my will, but thine be done. _ 26 
The cup which my father hath given me, fhall I not re sta 
drink it? What? fhall we receive good at the hand Johar, . 
6f God, and fhall we not receive evil. I was dumb, Job ii. xo, 
T opened not my mouth, becaufe thou didft it. Be Ps. 39. 9. 
ftill, and know that I am God. What:I -do,: thou —*!¥i. 10 


knoweft not now; but thou fhalt know-hereafter. —- Job-xili-7- 
| : Obedience to the-will of God. 
_ All thatthe Lord hath faid will we do, and be 0- py xsiy., 


bedient. Then fhall’I not be afhamed; whem I have Pz, cxix.6. 
pect unto all thy commandments. I delighttodo — x1. 8. 
y will, O my God, yea, thy law is-within my 
heart. Walk worthy of the Lord, unto all pleafing, Col. i. ro. 
being‘ fruitful in every good work. ‘If they obey Job xxxvi. 
and ferve him, they hall {pend their days~in prof- 1. 
read their years im pleafures. “Verily, verily, Joh.viii.sz 
fay unto you, if.a man keep my fayings, he fhall 
never fee death. 
 Q. What is forbidden in the firft commandment? 
A. Athetfn. 
The fool hath faid-in his heart, there is*no God. pg, xiy~z, 
hou believeft that there is one God; ‘thou ‘doeft Jam. iizg. 
ell ; the devils-alfo believe. and tremble. 
‘Idolatry... 4 
_ Thou fhalt worfhip no other God, for the Lord, Ex 34. 138 
rhofe name is jealous, isa jealous God. We preach Act xiv.r5 
unto you, that ye fhou!ld turn: from thefe vanities, 
unto the living God, who made heaven-and earth, 
and the fea, and all things that are therein. ‘Their ps, xvi,.4. 
forrows fhall be multiplied that haften after another 
god. ee 3: ae as 
i _ — Polytheifas A A ee 
__ They feared the Lord, and ferved their own gods. .Kinr7.43 
hey ferve not our. Lord Jefas Chrift; but their own! Rom.16.18 


4 


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36 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM, 
Philiiir9: belly. Whofe God is their belly. ‘They. are with- 
Rom. chi: out excuse, becaufe, when they knew God, they gl 
rified him not as God;-but changed the glory the 
incorruptible God into.an image like unto corrupti- 
ble man, and to birds, and four footed beafts, and 
creeping things, aad worfhipped and ferved the crea. 
ture more than the Creator. For this caufe God 
gave them up to vile affections. = 
: Profaniige & ij “he Bae 
4 Pet.iii. There fhall come {coffers, walking: after their own 
3,4 lufts, faying, where is the promife of his coming, for 
fince the fathers fell afleep, all things continue as 
P31, 21-2. they were from the beginning of the creation. The 
things haft thou done, and‘I kept filence; thou 
thoughteft: that I was altogether fuch a one-as thy- 
{elf; but f will reprove thee, and fet thy fins in order 
before thine eyes. Confider this, left I tear you in 
pieces, and there be none to deliver. See Pfa. x. 11. 
Heb. xii. 16, are, re ae 
Duplicity and indifference, — 
jam. 8 A. double minded man is unftable in all his ways. 
1 Kings How long halt ye between two opinions, if the Lord 
xviii.ar. be Ged, follow him, but if Baal then follow him. 
Rev.iit1s. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. 
Daeclenfion and apoftecy. a 
Your’ gcodnefs is as a morning cloud, and as the 
2 Joh. 8. early dew, it goeth away. Look to yourlelves, that 
we lofe not thofe things which we have wrought, but 
Hebxiizs that we rective a full reward. Looking diligently 
Heb. x.38. left any man fail of the grace of God. If any mar 
; draw back, my foul {hall have no pleafure in him. 
@zk. xviii. When the righteous man turneth away from hi: 
44.  righteoufnefs, and:committeth iniquity, and doth ac. 
cording to all the abominations that the wicked mar 
doth, fhall he live ? All hisrighteoufnefs that he hath 
done fhall not be mentioned ; in his trefpafs that he 
hath trefpafied, and in his fin that he hath finned, ix 
g Pet. ii, them fhall he die. If after they have efeaped the 
a0, 31. pollutions of the world through the knowledge o: 
the Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift; they are agair 
entangled therein and overcome ; the latter end is 


Hos. vi. 4. 


* SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. Ft 


~orfe with them than the beginning: for it had 
‘bean better for them not to have known the way of 
righteoufnefs, than, afterthey have known it, to tum 
from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 
at Secr. 11. 
 Q. hich is the fecond commandment ? « 
_ A. Thou fhalt not make unto thee-any graven 
image or any likerefs of any thing, that is in heaven 
‘above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is.in 
the water under the earth, thou fhalt not. bow down 
thyfelf to them; nor ferve them, for I the Lord thy 
God am-2 jealous God,.vifiting the iniquities of the 
‘fathers upon the- childzen unto the third and fourth 
- generation of them that hate me, and {hewing mercy 
-unto thoufands of them that love me, and keep my 
-commandments. y 
-Q. What is required in the fecond commandment ? | 
4, The fecond commandment prefcribes the 
means, or ofdinances, in the ufe of which only, God 
will be worfhipped, viz. 
: } > Prayer. 
_ Be- careful for nothing, but ‘in every thing by Phil. iv.6. 
prayer and fupplication, with thank{giving, let your 
requefts be-made known to God. Giving thanks 5) 45 
salways for all things unto God and the.Father, in Were. 
the name of our Lord Jefus Chrift. 
Public -worfbip. . 
| Gather the people together, men, women and Ghil- Deu.xxsii. 
dren, that.they may hear, learn and fear the Lord  1* 
your God,*and obferve to do all the words of this 
‘law. Come let us go up to the houfe of the God {a i. 3. 
-of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways, and we : 
will walk in his paths. ‘The next fabbath day came aq; ait 
-together, almoft the whole city, to hear the word of — 44. 
*God ; and the whole multitude of people were pray- Luke'i.to 
“ing at the time of incenfe. One thing have I defir-: Ps: zxviig 
ved of the Lord, that-will I feek-aftcr, that-I may 
dwell in the houfe of:.God, <all’ the ‘days: of my life, 
to behold the'beautyof the Lord, and to enquire in 
shis temple. .:I “went to the houfe of God with the p, 43: a 
voice of joy and eo with a multitude.that kept 


38 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


Ps.cxi. 1. holy day. In thy fear will I worfhip towards thy 
holy temple; I will praife the Lord with my whok 
heart in the aflembly of the upright, and in the con. 

Heb. x.24, Btegation. Let us confider one another to provok 
25. unto love and to good works, not forfaking the af 

fembling of ourfelves together, as the manner o: 

fome is, but exhorting one another, and fo much the 

more as ye fee the day approaching. Jn all place: 
‘where I record my name, I will come unto thee, and 

Twill blefs thee. 

. Reading the Se : 
Deut. xvii, | He “fhall read in this book all the days ofthis life. 
_19. that ‘he ‘may learn to fear the Lord, ‘and to keep al! 
A@sxv.ax ‘the words of this ‘law, to do'théem. -Mofes is read ix 
xvii. 12, the fynagogue oe ee day. ‘Thefe were more 
noble than thofe in Theffalonica, in that, they fearch: 
ed the feriptures -daily, whether thofe things were fo. 

Singing pfalms-and hymns, in public and private. 

Pacxlix.z, , Sing unto the Lord, a new feng, and his praife in 

—xcv.25, the congregation of faints 5 let us come before hi: 
prefence with thankfgiving, and make a joyful noift 
unto ‘him ‘with pfalms, for'the Lord is a great ‘God 

Col. iii. 16, and a preat king above all gods. ‘Teaching and ad. 
monifhing ‘one another ‘in pfalms, ‘hymns and fpirit- 
ual fongs, finging with grace in‘your hearts to the 


Lord. R fal 
” E eligivus fof . 
i Corvii.s --Give Fourfelves to falling and:patyes: ‘When I 
Neh. i. 4. heard theie words, ‘I fat down and ‘vept, and mourn: 
ed certain ‘days, -and -fofed and prayed before the 
bs viii ‘God of heaven. Is not this the faft I have chofen ? 
“w+ +7 to Joofe the bands of wickednefs, to undo the heavy 
burdens, and let the oppreffed go free? Is it not-t 
deal thy bread to the hungry, and to bring the poor 
that are caft out, to thy icufe? When-thou feeft the 
naked, that thou cover him, and that theu ‘hide 

thyfelf from thine own flefh. ; 

4 Religious converfatiom 
Mal. iii.6, They that feared the Lord, -fpake often ‘one to 
W@ph.-v- tg, another, and the Lord hearkened. Speaking to your- 
-felyes, in pfalms, hymns and fpiritual fongs, finging 


Ex. xx, 24, 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 39 


and. making melody in your hearts'to the Lord. 
Come and hear, ae fear God, and I will de- Ps. Ixvi.16 
clare what he hath done for my foul. Talk ye of 1Chrxvig 
all his wonderous works.. And be ready always to ; Petiii.rs 
give an anfwer to every man that afketh you, a rea- 
fon of the hope that is in you, with meeknefs and 
fear. Exhort one another daily while it is called to- Heb. iii.r3 
day left any of you be hardened through the deceit- 
fulnefs of fin. Let no corrupt communication pro- Ephiiv.29. 
ceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to 
the ufe of edifying, that it may minifter grace to the 
hearers. 
Virtuous education of childrens : 

Thefe words which I command thee this day, 
fhall be in thine heart, and thou fhalt teach them 
diligently to thy children, and fhall talk of them, 

hen thou fitteft in thine houfe, and when thou 
walkeft by the way, and when thou lieft down, and 
when thou rifef{up. That the generation to come Ps, lxxviii. 
ight know them, even the children that fhould be 6. 7. 
born, who fhould arife and declare them to their 
children, that they might fet their hope in God, and 
keep his commandments. 
Religious vows ; or covenanting with God, ard with 

one another. : 

Come and Iet us jom ourfelves to the Lord in a Jer.1. 5. 
perpetual covenant, that fhall not be forgotten. 
‘They entered into covenant, to feek the. Lord God 2 Chr. zv. 
their fathers, with all their heart and with all 7* 
their foul. They clave to their brethren, and enter- yun x a9 
d into an oath to walk in God’s law, and to do all 
is commandments. | have fworn and I will per- Ps. exix. 
form it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. - 106. 
One fhall fay, I am the Lord’s, and another fhall ra. xliv. 5 
ubferibe with his hand unto the Lord. And they 2Cor.wviiis 
gave their ownfelves to the Lord, and unto us by 
the will of God. Whofoever fhall confefs me before Mat. x.32 
men, him will I confefs before my Father which is 33 
in heaven ; but whofoever fhall- deny me before men, 

im will I deny before my Father which is in hea- 
wen. Prefent your bodies a living facrifice, holy, Rom.xiis 


Deut. vi. 6, 


My, 2 


on ay i 


4or SCRIPTURE CATECHISN.”. 
acceptable, unto God, which is your reafonable fer- , 


vice. Gather my. fi unto me, thofe that » 
have made.a covenant:with me by facrifice. > 


Church. difeipline. ir 

Mat. xviii. If thy brother trefpafs againit thee, aera tell 
5-17. him his fault, between him and thee alone; if he will 
not hear thee, then take with thee, one. or two more, — 
and if he neglect .to. hear them, tell it unto the» 
church, but it he negleét-to hear the church Jet him . 
be unto thee. as an heathen man and a publican. A.» 

:Cor. v. 6, little leaven_leaveneth the whole lump ; purge out 
% therefore the old leaven, that ye may be pei i . 

Q. What is forbidden in the fecond commandment ? 
Ae Idolatry.®- oh 

rjohy.2t. “Little children keep yourielves from idols... To’. 
axl 28. whom will ye liken’ Gad, or what likenefs will ye | 
Deut. iv. compare unto him.. Take good heed, for ye faw no + 
15, 16. manner of fimilitude, in the day, the: Lord fpake un- - 
to you in Horeb, left ye corrupt yourfelves, and ¢ 
Ifa. xlii,8. make you an image. For I am the Lord, that is 
my name, and my glory will I not give to another, , 
neither my praife to graven images 7 
Superftition, or will worfbipe a 
Actsr7.22 — T: perceive that in all-things ye are too fuperfli- .. 
Ifa.i.rz. tious. Who hath required this at your hand? In. 
Matxv. 2. vain do they worfhip me, teaching: for doétrines the . 
Co}. ii. 20- commandments of men. Why are ye fubjeét to or- 
23. dinances, after the commandments of men. (Touch + 
not, tafte not, handle not;) which Heb nC aR F 
-deed a fhew of wifdom in will worfhip and humility. 
Mat.28.26 Objerve all things whatfoever I have commanded 3 
Rev. xxii you. If any man fhall add, or take away, from the - 
58,19. words of this book, God fhall take away hispart out 
of the book of life, and out. of the*holy city, and / 
from the things written in this book. Deut: xii. 32. 
‘ oy a f. 2a cig tyes, , N 
* The idolatry forbidden in the firft commandment refpeéts 
the object of worthip, i.e, worfhipping .a falfe God. The ~ 
idolatry forbidden in the fecond commandment refpects the -- 

means of worfhip, or worfhipping the true God in a falfe man~. 
ner; i.e. by images, or any aie way not appointed by Him. ; 


* 


SCRIPTURE, CATECHISM. 41 


Prejudice and bigotry. 

Nathaniel faid unto him, can, any good) thing Joh.i. 4.6. 
come out of Nazareth? Philip faith unto him, come } 
and fee. Hath any nation changed their gods, Jer. ii. rz. 
which are yet no gods ? The Jews have no dealings Joh. iv. 9. 
with the Samaritans. I bear them record that they Rom. x. 2. 
have a zeal. for God, but not according to knowl- 
edge. 

Sacrilege. if 

Doft. thou commit facrilege ? Will a man rob Rom.ii2a 
God? Yet ye haye robbed me, in tythes and. offer- Mal.iii.89. 
ings, ye are curfed with a curfe, for ye have robbed. 
me. ; 


% ‘ Simonys 
When Simon faw, that by laying on of the apof- A&s viii, 

tles’ hands, the Holy Ghoft was given, he offered, 18. 20. 

them money. But Peter faid unto him, thy money: 

perith with, thee. 

Unreafonable curiofitys 
Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but Deut.xzix, 
thofe things which are revealed, belong unto us, and _a9.. 

to our children forever, that we may do allthe words .. 

of this law. Then {aid one, are there few that be Luke xiii, 

faved? Jefus faid, ftrive to.enter in at the ftrait gate, 73» 24 

for many, I fay unto you, will feek to enter in, and 

fhall not be able. If I will that he tarry till I comes Joh xxiaa 

what is. that to thee? Follow thou me. ‘ae 

Secr. 12. 
©. Which is the third commandment 2. 
4. Thou fhalt not take the name of the Lord 

thy. God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him. 

guiltlefs, that taketh his name in vain. 

Q. What is required in the third commandment ? | 
A. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his, Psxcvi.8.9 
name: QO. worfhip the Lord in the beauty of holi-: 

nefs.\; fear before him, all the earth. Great and Rey.xv.3.4. 
marvellous are thy. works, Lord God Almighty ;.° _ 
juft and true are thy ways, thou King of famts. 

Who fhall not fear thee, O Lord; and glor’.,thy _ 
name; for thou only art holy. But curfedpethe.yq,), jz . 
deceiver, that a in his flock a male, and facrific. 
: . 2 WB Ae. 4 
os ee 


2 a Re)» a 


4a patie: C MY 
, eth unto the Lord’a corru for ama great . 
King, faith the Lord y name is * 
Mali, 2. dreadful‘among the healt ne hear, > 


and if you wil not lay*it to heath to give glory to 
my name, faith the Lord, I will fend rete upon’ 


~ you, and will curfe your’ bleflings RAD 9 I 
@ What is forbidden in the iebiPcaaiatdiiee | an 
Hypocrify. 
Ps. lexviii They did flatter hima with their mouth, and aoe 
36, 37. lied unto" him with their tongues + -For their heart 


was not right’ with him, neither were they ‘tedfaft in* 
Rev. iii. 1. his covenant. Thou haft a ‘name that thow live, - 
Jam. i.26.and art dead. If any man feem to be religious, and: } 
bridleth not his tonguej this man’s religion is vain. 
Tit: a6. They profefs'to know God, but in works deny him, 
being abominable, and difobedient, and unto every * 
Revi. 9. good work reprobate.- I know the blafphemy of’ 
Romiii.24. them, which fay they are Jews, and are not: ‘Thei 
name of God is* blafphemed sn ps4 * pam ! 
through yous: 1-Kings xxi. oJ aS 

Vain difputes. 3 : 

rTim:ié. Some Rave-turned afide to vain pr 
— vi. 4. knowing ‘nothing, but doting about quettions, and* 

{trifes of words, whereof cometh envy, frife, railing, 

evil furmilings, perverfe difputings of men of corrupt 

Tit. iii. 9- minds. ¢ Avoid foolifh queftions, and contentions,’ 
and ftrivings about the law, rr pn oS te ; 


and vain. 
Vain, falfe, and joel wearing. 

Levzinaa . Ye fhall not fwear- by my name “tikiy, ee 

Mat. v.3q. fhalt thou profane the name of thy God. Swear’ 
27. not at all, neither by ‘heaven, for it is God's throne ;:> 

nor by the earth, for it-is:-his footftool. But let 

your communication’ be- yea, yea 5. nay, nay; for 
whatfoever is: more. than thefe cometh of- evil.’ 

Above all things, my brethren, fwear not, neither by* 
heaven, nor by ear th, nor by any pain ond 
Lo Bilafphemy. i 

eres Whom haft thou reproached andblahemied ? 
zy a3. again{t whom’ liaft thou exalted’ thy voice, and’ lifted 
up! thine eyes ow high? even againkt ¢ the holy one of 


jen. v.12 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 43 


Iffael. He opened his mouth in blafphemy againft Rev-xiii.6. > 
God, to blafpheme’his name; and his tabernacle, and Mat. xii 
them that dwell in heaven. The blafphemy'againt 3% 3% 
the Holy Ghoft thall not bé-forgiven unto men, nei- 
ther in this*world, nor‘in the world to come: : The Lev. xxiv.. - 
Ifraelitifh woman’s fon blafphemed the'name of the 11: 23:. 
Lord, and  curfed ;' and: Mofes fpake to the people of: 
Ifrael, that they fhould bring forth him that -had-~ 
curfed; ‘and. ftone’him with ftones.”. 
Seer 93:* 

Q.° Which is the-fourth cominandment’? ? 

' A. Remember the’ fabbath day to keép it holy 3°: 
fix days fhalt thou‘labour ‘and do'all thy work ; but« 
the feventh day. is the fabbath of the Lord thy God ;' | 
in it thou fhalt not do any work, thou, nor thy-fon, . 
nor thy: daughter, thy: man fervant, nor thy maid: * 
fervant, nor thy cattle, nor the ftranger that is with-’ - 
im'thy gates; for in‘fix days the Lord made heaven » 

and earth, the-{ea, and all that*in them is, andrefted © 

the feventh day ; wherefore: the Lord bleffed the : 
fabbath day, and hallowed it. © See Deut.v.:12.7 
_* Q.. Which day of the feven, isthe chriftian:fabbath ? 
© A! Upon'the-firtt'day of the week; when the'dif. Ads xx. 7 - 
ciples came* together, Paul “preached* unto” them, 
ready'to depart’on'the morrow: On'the firft'day of 1Corvi1z » 
the week, let every one of you Jay by him in-ftore, ‘ 
as God hath profpered him:?* Jefus was rifen early Markxvig » 
the firft day of theweek.~ IWas in the fpirt on the Rew i. xox 
| Lord’s day. Johri’¥x:°19—26. Heb. iv. to..»- 
| Q: How* isthe fabbath to be fan&ified ; ~ 
| As From one fabbath to another, “all flefh-thall Is. lxvi.23. - 
_ come and worfhip béfore’me; faith the Lord: I. was Ps. cxxii.r. -- 
> glad when they faid “unto ‘me, let’ us go into the 
houfe’ of the Lord: T had rather bé‘a doorkeepef -Ixxxiv.z0 
in the houfe of my God, than to dwell in the tents 
of wickednefs. Ye fhall keep my:fabbath, and rev- Levxix.30 
erence my fanctuary’: Tam the Lord. . Keep thy geo. y. 352 
| foot (be ferious and attentive) when thow goett to the 
_ houfe of God, and be more ready to hear than to 
| ‘give the facrifice of fools’ Be not*rath ‘with thy 

Mouth, and’ let not thy heart be hafy-tonttterany 


44 SCRIPTURE CATECH 


thing before God; for God isin. 1e2 ven, and thou 
Is, lvi, 7. upon earth ; therefore let thy words | ve 
one who > keene my ‘fabbat , from poll 


ou sam piped 


him, not doing thine own "7% norgfoden _ finding chine 
own. pleafure, nor {peaking spore then 
fhall thou del?ght thyfelf in py € fhalk 
feed thee with the heritage of Jacob th 4 bak 

Q. What is forbidden in the f } commandment a 
Neh. xiii, 4. ¥e profane the fabbath day, and bring wrath 
17,18. om Ifrael. Saying, when will the ogee aay be gone, 
Amos 8.5. that I may fell corn, and fet forth wheat. . Id, 
Mal.i-t3- what a wearinefs is it ; 3 ye have fouffed at it, and. 
brought and offering ; fhould J accept this at your 

Neh. xiii, hand, faith the Lord. When it began to be dark 
19. Ne Hd the fabbath, I commanded, yes gates of 

Jerufalem fhould be fhut, and el them that 

they. fhould not be opened, till after the fabbath, and. 

that no burden be brought in on the febbath day. 

Vid. Aé&s xx. 9. Numb. xv. 32-36. 4 

Works of neceffity and mercy. 

Mat.xiiz, As Jefus went through the corn fields on the fab- 
2, 7,8. bath day, his difciples were an hungred, and began 
Mark ch4i to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat ; but when the — 

Pharifees faw it, they faid, behold ee difciples dew 

that which is not lawful to. do abbath day ; 54 
but he faid unto, them, if ye ents tain hel 
meaneth, I will haye mercy and not facrifice, ye 
would not have condemned the guiltlefs._ The fab- 

bath was made fer man, and not man for the. pind 
bath 5 _therefore the Son ohn sikiein uaa he | 
Sect. ri shar dal 

hoa What is the fifth ete Sa 

4. Honour thy father and thy, sae 


b 
, 


; 


| ‘SCRIPTURE CATECHISM.: 43x: 


| days may be‘long upon the land which the Lord thy 
| God giveth thee. See Eph. vi. 2, 3. 
Q. . What is required in the fifth commandment ? 
‘id, . All relative duties. Such are,.. 
) 2 “Duties of children to parents, viz. ~. 
| Rewerence and effeém of. their perfons. 
Ye fhall fear every man his mother and his father. Lev.xix.3.-. 
| A: fon honoureth his father, and afervant his mafter. Mal. i. 6.2 
Bath-theba went to king Solomon, to fpeak to hima King ii. 
for Adonijag and the king “ rofe up” to meet her,.. 2 1% 
and bowed himfelf unto her, and fet down on his 
‘throne, and ‘caufed a feat.to be fet for his mother, . 
and fhe, fat on his right hands; As’ Elitha was): Kings - 
ploughing in the field, Elijah paifed by, and caft his xix. 20. . 
-mantle on him, and he: left his oxen and ran after 
_ Elijah, and faid, let me.I pray. thee go back again, 
and kifs my. father, and my mother, and then I will . 
| follow thee. ». rs, 
Obedience to their commands. : 
Children obey ‘your. parents in the Lord, for this Ek. 3.6... 
isright. Obey them in all things, for this is-well Co). jii.20, .. 
| pleating to the Lord. R 
SubjeGicn.to their authority.» 
We have had fathers of:our-flefh, who correéted Heb. xii.g..». 
us; and we-gave them reverence: Jefus went down Luke iis? 
with his parents to Nazareth,.and was. fubject to 
| them. 
Attention to their ‘counfel and inflruGion.. - 

Hear the inftrudiion of thy father, and forfake not Prov. i. 2 
the law of thy mother. . Mofes hearkened to the-Ex.xviiizg . 
| yoice of his father-in-law, and did all that he faid. 

A. wife fon. heareth his father’s inftruction, but. a Prov. xiii... 
feorner heareth not rebuke. Poverty and fhame: 1? #3: 
fhall be to him that refufeth inftru@iga ; but-he that: . 
regardeth reproof fhall be honoured. Hear me now, yy 1,4 
O. ye children, and depart not from the words of my. 12,13. 
mouth, left thon. mourn at-laft, and fay, how:have I. 

_ hated inftruion, and my, heart defpifed reproof, and 

have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor ing... 

} clined 1.ine_ear.to them*that in&ructed mes... 


46 SCRIPTURE Pag 
Relieving their a as 


1 Timv.4. Let them learn firft to piety > at home, seat 
“ requite” their parents, for that is and accept- 
Prov. xix. able before God. He that wafteth his father, and | 
26.  chafeth away his mother, is a fon that caufeth ng 
Ruithiv.zs5 and bringeth reproach, He - e. the child); fhall 
be unto thee a reftorer of thy life, and a nourifher of 
Genxlvit. thine old age. And Jofeph nourifhed his father, 
x2. and all his fathers houfehold with bread. See Mat. 


xv. 5. Gu 
ak Difobedience punifhed. 
The fons of Eli were fons of Belial, ee they 
arkened not to the voice of their father, becaufe- 
Prxxiiiia2 the Lord would flay them. Defpife not thy mother 
Deut-xxvii when fhe is old. Curfed be he that fitteth light by 
16. his father or his mother ; and all the people thal fay, 
Pr. itis x7. Amen. ‘The eye that " mocketh at his. father, and: 
defpifeth to obey his mother, the ravens of the val. 
ley fhall pick it out, and the young eagles fhall eat 
it. He that {miteth, or he that curfeth his father or 
his mother, fhall furely be put seteee Pow. xx. 
20. Deut. xxi, 18-21. 
Duties of Parents. 
Fo provide for their families. AG 
pe ee Children ought not to lay up for the parents, but 
r Tim. v.2 the parents for the children. If any man provide — 
"not for his own, and efpecially for thofe of bis own. 
houfehold, he hath denied the faith, and is worfe 
Pr.xiii.2, than an infidel. A good man leaveth an inheritance 
to his children’s children. 
To maintain good order. 
Gen. xvii, | know him, that he will “ command” his children — 
19. and his houfehold after him, that they fhall keep the — 
way of the Lorj to do juftice and judgment. One 
sTimiii.4. that ruleth well his own houfe, having his children — 
in fubjeGtion with all gravity. : ; 
To preferve domeftic peace. — 
Cenzlvag See that ye fall not out by the way. Behold how 
Pscxxxinir ZOOd and how pleafant it is for brethren to:dwell to~ 
Pr. xv x7. gether in unity. Better is a dinner of herbs where — 
Xvi. 1. love is, than a ftalled ox and hatred therewith. Bet- 


BSam.ii.2s- h 
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Exxxi. 15. 


SCRIPIURE CATECHISM. Ay 


ter is a dry morfel and quietnefs therewith, than a 
houte fulltef facrifices with ftrife. 
To give their children a religious education. be 
Set your hearts to all the words which I teftify Deut.xxxit 
among you this day, which ye thall command your A0=7- 
children to obferve and do, for it is not a vain thing 
for you, becaufe it is your life. Fathers, provoke not Eph. vi. 4. 
your children to wrath, but bring chem up in the 
nurture and admonition of the Lord. Train up 2 Pr. xxii. 6, 
child in the way he fhould go, and when he is old 
he will not depart from it. Iwas my father’s fon, Pr.iv.3,4. 
tender and only beloved in the fight of my mother. 
He taught me alfo, and faid, let thine heart retain 
my words, keep my commandments and live. ‘ 
“When ‘Hannah had weaned her fon, (Samuel) the amit’ 
took him up with her, and‘brought him to the houfe 77>?" 
of God in Shiloh : For this child I prayed, and the 
Lord hath given me my petition ; therefore I have 
“Yent him to the Lord as long as he liveth, And Jebi. 5. 
Job rofe up early in the morning, and offered burnt 
_ offerings, according to the number of them all; for 
he faid, it may be that my fons have finned, and 
curfed God in their hearts.. ‘Thus did Job continu- 
ally. I have no greater joy than to hear that my 3 Joh. 4. 
children walk in the truth. ; : 
Lo exercife proper authority and difcipline. 
Thatten thy fon ‘while there is hope, and let not Pr. xix.18 
“thy foul {pare for his crying. He that fpareth his — +24 
rod hateth his own fon; but he that loveth him, 
schafteneth him’ betimes. The rod and reproof give —xxix.15 
‘wifdom, but a child left to himfelf, bringeth his 
mother to fhame. ‘Yoolifhnefs is bound up in the —xxii. 15. 
“heart of:a child, ‘but the rod of correétion fhall drive ; 
at far from him, His father had not difpleafed him 1Kingsi.6 
-et any time, faying, why haft thou done io. I -have x sam.iii. 
‘told Eli that I will judge his houfe forever, for the 13, 14. 
“iniquity Which he knoweth, becaule ‘his fons made 
*hemfelves vile, andhe réftrained them not; there- 
fore have I {worn, that the iniquity of Eli’s houfe 
‘fhall not be purged with facrifice, nor offering -for- 
ever, Prov. xxii. 13, 14 
! 


a8 SCRIPTURE CATE 


‘To fet 
¢Ps.ci.2-7. JT will walk within | 
VE will not know:a wick 
- inca ‘perfeé way, he thall fe; Het 
eth deceit fhall not dwelk within wiy Bole “He Bas 
telleth lies {hall not tarry in see ora They were 
both righteous: before God, ing in-all the com- 
mandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelefs. 
Duties of bufbands. and wives. 
Eph. v. 33. Let every one. of you in. particular, {0 ’ Jove his 
wife even as himfelf; and the wife fee- t-fhe reve- 
Mal. ii. x4 Tenee her hufband. -The Lord-‘hath’ ‘a witnefs 
15. between -thee and. the* wife vof “thy . -youth, againit 
whom thou haft dealt” treacheroufly,: yet is fhe: thy 
companion, and the. wife of thy covenant. ~ Did not 
‘he make one? And wherefore one ? “That he might 
feek a godly feed ; thereforetake heed'to your {pirit ; 
‘let none deal unfaithfully againft the wife of his 
Provsi16, youth. . A ftrange woman forfaketh the guide of 
17. ~her youth, and- forgetteth the covenant of her God; 
— xii, 4. but a virtuous woman 4s a. crown to. her hufband. — 
Duties of hufbands. - See Coletti, 19.- Ephev. 25-28. 
at. xix. 5. Prov.-v.i18.- 1 Pet. iii. 7. 
——-. of wives. _ Ephw¥, 22; 23, 24—33+ 1° daiarcee ii. 
aE Pe Pets i ill. 15.2.Gen,. tli, 16.5 
of servants. |. 
‘Eph. vi.  Setvants be obedient to them-that.are-your i tat 
- 5-8. ters, with fear and trembling, in finglenefs\( fincerity) 
of your heart,as unto-Chrift. not: with-eye fervice 
as men pleafers; but-as the Savina of Chrift,: doi 
the will of- God fiom the-heart ;*with good will, « 
ing fervice-as to the Lord, and not to men; know- 
ing that whatfoever good thing any man doeth, th 
Gme thall he reecive oF the: Lord, whether bond a 
“Titsig.re. free. Exhort fervants to be obedient’ to their ow 
matters, and to pleafe them well in all things ; n 
-anfwering again ; not purloining,. pupsuewing: 2 
good fidelity, that they may, adorn the dofrine « 
God our Saviour in all things. See 1 Pet. ii. 186 
24. Col. ‘iii. 2257 bt ere he cuales oe 
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SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 49 


Duties of mafters. 
Ye mafters do the fame things unto them, forbcar- Eph. vi. 9. 
ing threatning, knowing that your Matter alfo is in 
heaven ; neither is there refpeét of perfons with him. 
Give unto your fervants that which is juft and equal. oy. iy. 1. 
The wages of him that is hired, fhall not abide with Lev.xix.13 
thee all night until the morning. Thou fhalt not —xxv. 43- 
rule over him with rigour, but {hall fear thy God. 
Did I defpife the catife of my manfervant, or of my Job xxxi. 
maidierv. when they contended with me; what 13-25: 
then: fhall I do when God rifeth up? Did not he 
that-made me.make him? Thou fhalt not opprefs Deutaxiv. 
an hired fervant that is poor and needy ; at his day 141% 
thou: fhalt give him his hire, neither thall the fun go 
down upon it; for he is poor, and fitteth his heart 
upon it, left he cry againft theé unto the Lord, and 
it be fin unto thee. Behold the hire of the labourers James v-4. 
who have reaped down your fields, which is of you 
kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them 
that have reaped, are entered into the ears of the 
Lord of fabaoth. ; 
;  —— + Minifters of the gofpel. 
Preach the word; sah Dee ee ea, and out of 2Tim.iv.2. 
feafon ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long fuffer- N 
ing and doétrine ; teaching every man, and warning Col. i. 28. 
every man, publickly, and from houfe tohonfe. In A@xx.20 
ail things fhewing thyfelf a pattern of good works. Tit- ti 7- 
Study to fhew thyfelf approved’ unto God; not 2Timii.rs 
handling. the word of God deceitfully, but by mani- #4"? 
feftation of the truth, commending ourfelvesttoevery _ 
man’s conicience in the fight of God. So we fpeak, 1Thefiig. 
ot\as pleafing men; but God which trieth our hearts. 
Meditate on thefe things ; give thyfelf wholly to rTim is. 
them, that thy profiting may appear to all: Take 15,16 
heed to thyfelf, and to thy doérine ; continue in 
them ; for in doing this, thou fhalt both fave thyfelf, 
ndithem that hear thee. 
 _ Duties of the people to miniflers. 
__ Kaow them who labour among you, in word and. Tirelx.12, 
dofrine, and are over you in the Lord, and admonifh 13- 
uj; efteem them very highly in love for their 
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- - SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


_Heb.xiiit7 works’ fake. Obey them: that have the rule over 
_ you, and fubmit yourfelves ; for-they watch for your 
fouls, as they that. muft. give an account, that they” 
may do it with joy and not with grief, for that is: 

Lulavitix8 unprofitable. for you. | Take. heed how ye hear. 

Gal.vi.6.. And Jet him that is.taught in the word, communi- 

Luke x. 7, cate. to him. that aie in all good’things. » For 

1Cor.ix.14 the labourer, is worthy of: his hive. And the Lord 
- hath ,ordained, that-they which: preach. the gofpel, 

yThelii. x fhould .live of the gofpel. ; Brethren, yx ied ‘us, 
that the word of the Lord: may have courfe.” 

. Romaxv.jo Strive. together with me in your-prayers to God for 

_ Eph. vitg. me; That utterance may be given, that I may open 

my mouth boldly, vo.make Ae ERY vf 


_ gotpel. pe axl SHA jas re 
~ Duty infuses. Mi deteh ub 
- Waxxviiig ~ Whom ‘hall he ‘dom know: > Whom fall he 
io, make to underftand doétrine ? that are wean- 


_ed from the milk, and drawn from the. breaft. ih 

precept muft be upon precept,-precept upon precept ; 
. line upon line, line upon line ; here ailindlowauil there! 
4 alittle. * The Lord hath given me the tongue of the 
Judg.v. t4, learned, :that I,fhould know: how. —— 7 

PL. 7 handle the pen of a ready «writer : 

- thee, and. teach thee: in. the way a Serene 
_.Chraxv.8. 20: Iwill guide.thee. with mine eyes. ¢ ea the 
{mall as the great 3 the {cholar.as the. ‘eeneherg 
_ Dani & - fhall be fkilful in all wifdom angfeiencee. 
_—— of feholars to their inflrudiors, amd youth. 
.Prxxiiiaza .pply thine heart. to imo ad thine rs-to| 
“Ser the. reat of knowledge. +;Take fait. hold: of: in 
ftruation, let her not. = ctaiseen tne Gonski 
Heb.xiiir7 Obey them that have the ule over/you,.and fubm it 
Ps.xgxii. 9. yourfelves. . Be. ye: not..as +h demtiomaadis mule, | 
which have no underftanding 5 whofe mouth muft. be 
s Tim. ia, held: in with bit and bridle: Continue in the t thing S| 
' 4.15. Which thou haft learned, knowing of whom th ou hatt 
* As the office of a modern Ichookindtrudtor, “was unknowr 7 
in former ages, me texts ‘ ufed, are by way « 
. tion only. cont pO copes Re snare 
. . : fimeiy “y eiae eag.'9) Obs ns i 


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‘SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. | sr 


| Yeartied them. Timothy from avchild, knew theho-  # 
| ly Scriptures. And Jefus,+av twelve years old, was Lukeiigz — 
_ found in’ the temple, fitting in themid@ of the doc: 4° 5% ° 
tors,’ both hearing and afking them queftions: And ~ 
all that heard him’ vere aftonifhed at his underftand- -. 
ing and anfwers. °-And he inéreafed in wifdom and . 
ftature, and im favour with God and mans Wifdomt Prov.iv.7. 
is the principal thing:; therefore get wifdom: Sheis--ilits-18 ~ 
more precious than rubies, and all things thou canft . 
_ defire, are not to be compared unto her: Length of -: x09. 
“days is in her right hand, and in her left hand, riches - 
and honour. - Her ways are ways of pleafantnefs, 
and all her paths are peace. And happy is evéry -) ./: 
one that-retaineth her: . Remember now thy Creator Eccl. xii.re *- 
in*the days of thy ‘youth, while the evil days:come 
not; nor the’years draw nigh, when thou fhalt fay, I ae 
have no »pleafure’ in them. - Young men be fober= Tit. ii. 6. ~ 
minded. | Both :young men and maidens, let them»Ps.148.12. - 
praife the name-of the Lord. » Wherewith fhall a:Ps.cxix. 9. ~ 
young man ¢leanfe his-way? By taking heed there- d sit 
to’ according to thy ‘word. « Rejoice, O young man, p25) 9: 
in*thy youth, and-let thine heart cheer'thee in:the  . 
days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine’ ~~ 
“heart; and im the-fight of thine eyes ; but know thou; ~ 
that for all thefe things, God will bring thee into: . 
judgment. - Flee youthful luits, and follow after, Tim iiz2 <- 
- Fighteoufnefs. »- ay. t tt gh ees 
iapehhahaed aod Duty of “Rulers. eet | 2 Ce 
| Thou’ fhalt provide»out of all»the ‘people; able Exxviiizr * 
men,-fuch: as “fear God, ‘mer of truth, hating cove-' . 
‘toufnefs..: The*God of Ifrael-hath faidy he that -rul- 2Samxxiii 
eth over’men, mutt be juft, ruling in the fear of God.: 3. | 
He is a minifler‘of God to thee for good.- Take heed:Rom. xiii. ~ 
what ye do, for ye judge not-for men, but for the? Sh" **- ~ 
Lord who is’ ‘with you in judgment.» Thou fhalt ne 8. 
take no gift. Thou fhalt-not refpeét the perfon of Levxix.rs 
the peor;nor honour the perfon of the mighty ; but 
in righteoufnefs fhalt thou judge thy neighbour.- 
When the righteous are in authority, the people re- Pr.xxix. 2, 
joice ; but- when the, wicked bear rule, the people 
mourn. The wicked walk on every fide when the — xii, 8. 


52 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


Psxciv.2c. vileft men are exalted. The throne: of? iniquity 
Us bx. 25- frameth mifchief by a law. And he that departeth 
Pr. xxviii, 20m evil, maketh himfelf a prey... As ayroaring 
“ys, lion, and a raging bear, folis a wicked ruler over the 
1Kingsxii. poor people. King Rehoboam anfwered the-people 
13,14. roughly, and fpake to.them after the counfel of the 
young men, faying, my father made your -yoke 
heavy, I will add to your yoke ; my father chaftifed 
you with whips, but I will chaftife you with fcorpi- 
Prxsixxz Ons. If a ruler hearken tovlies, all his fervants are 
wicked, wie ysl 
Duty of citizens or fubjeBs. 8 
x Petiir3 | Submit yourfelves to every ordinance of man, for 
Rom. xiii, the Lord’s fake. Let every foul be fubjec unto the 
1. 3. 5.7. higher powers, for there is mo power but of God; 
the powers that be, are ordained of God; whofoever 
therefore refifteth the power, refifteth the ordinance 
of God ; and they that refift, thall receive to them- 
felves damnation. Wherefore yesmuft needs be fub- 
_,, _ jee, not-only for wrath, (i.e. fearef punifhment) 
Tit. ii. 1. ‘but alfo for confaience fake. Put them in’ mind. to. 
be fubject to principalities and powers, to obey mag- 
Rom xiii7 iftrates. Render to all.their dues, tribute to whom 
tribute is due; cuftom to whom cuftom; fear to. 
A@xxiiis Whom fear; honour to whom honour. Thou -fhalt 
Exxxii.28. not fpeak evil of the ruler.. Thow fhalt not revile 
2Pet.ii-t0. the good, nor curfe the ruler of thy people. Pre- 
Jude viii fumptuous are they, felf-willed; they defpife domin~ 
“jon ; are not afraid to. fpeak evil of ities, and 
Tim, 4, things Which they know not. | I exhort that:prayers, 
4 7. 4, interceffions and giving of thanks be made for kings, 
7 and all in authority, that we may lead a:quiet and 
peaceable life, in all godlinefs and honefty.. 
: _—_—_ of the aged. ; 
Tit.ii.2, That the aged men be fober, grave, temperate, 
3 4 found in the faith, in charity, in patience. Theaged 
women likewife, that they be in behaviour as becom+ 
—ii, 4, 5. eth holinefs, teachers of good things ; Thatthey may 
teach the young women to be dober, to love their 
hufbands, to love their children, to be.difcreet, chafte, 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 53 


keepers at home, obedient to their own hufbands, 
that the word of God be not blafphemed. » t 
Duties of the young, 

Thou fhalt rife up before the hoary head, and Lev.xix 32 
honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God. 
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, 1 Tim. v. 
and the younger men as brethren. The elder women 13: 2- 
as mothers, the ‘younger as fifters with all purity. 
Likewife. ye younger, fubmit yourfelves unto the 1 Pet. v. 5 
elder: wet i ; . Bs a et ‘. 
eis Of the” rich. 

Charge them that:are rich in this world, that ‘they 1 Tim. vi. 
be'not*high minded, nor’ truft ‘in uncertain ‘riches; 17-19- _ 
but in the living God ; that they do good; that they 
be rich in good works, ready to diftribute; willing’ ta 
communicate; laying up in ftore for themfelves, a - 
good foundation; agamft the time to come, thatthey — 
may lay hold on eternal life. ~~: 

} ; Duties: to the poor and afflifed: ? 
Let every one! of you lay by him in ftore, (for tCoravi.2 
charitable ufe). as God hath profpered him: +: When Deut.xxiv, 
thou reapeft down thine harveft, and haft forgotten 
a fheaf in the field, thow fhalt not-go again to fetch. — 
it. | -At the end of every three years, thou fhalt bring —xiv. 28. 
forth all the tithe (tenth part) of thine increafe that _ 
year, and fhall-lay i¢ up.’ And the Levite, the 
ftranger, the fatherlefs and the widow fhall: come and - : 
eat-and. -be fatisfied ; that the Lord thy God may 
blefs thee in-all the works of thy hand.: If there be Deut: gy, 
among you, a:poor man; thoufhalt not harden thine 7, 8. 
heart, nor fhut: thine hand from thy ‘poor brother. 

If thy brother» be waxen poor, and fallen to decay, Lv: xxv. 
with thee; then:thou fhalt relieve him; yea, though 35° 
he be a r, or fojourner.. He that hath ‘two Luk. iiizy 
coats, let himy impart -to him that hath none ;. and 

he that hath: meat, det him do likewife: Let him 2 Cor.ix., 
give, not ingly, or of neceflity ; for.God lov- 

eth a mn -Be not forgetful to: etertain Heb.xiii2, 
“ frangers ;” for thereby fome have entertained an- 

gels unawares. - Puré religion, and undefiled before Jam. i. 27, 
God and the we is this, to vifit the “ fatherke/s 

2 


54 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM.. 


sJohiii.t7 aad widows’? in their affliction. Whofo hath this 


Job xxix. 


= XXX. 
16-22. 


Luk. x. 34. 
Tralviiizo 


Pr. xix. 27. 
xxii. 16, 


—— XVil. 5. 


— xxi. 13. 


Heb. xiii. 


Luk vi.j8. 


worlds goods, and fecth his biother have need, and 
fhutteth up his bowels of compaffien from him, how 
wna Foe pp 
iherality rew, t 
_ IT delivered the poor that cried, the fatherlefs, and 
him that had none to help him. ‘The ftranger did 
not lodge in the ftreet, but I opened my doors to the 
traveller. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I 
to the lame ; a father to the poor, and the caufe E 
knew not, I fought out. The blefling of him that 


widows heart to fing for joy. ‘Was not my foul 
grieved for the poor? If withheld the poor from 
their defire, or have caufed the-eyes of the widow to 
fail, or have eaten my morfel ek and the father- . 
i hath not eaten thereof; if I have deen any perith 
or want of clothing, or any poor without coveri 
if his loins have oe hintaan and if he pa 
warmed with the fleece of my fheeps let #hine arm 
be broken from the bone. When theSamaritan faw 
him that fell among thieves, he had €ompafiion on 
him, went to him, bound up his wounds, and took 
care of him. Go thou, and do likewife, if thou 
draw out thy foul to the hungry, and fatisfy the af- 
flicted, then fhall thy light ¢ arife in obfeurity, and thy 
darknefs be as the noon day. ‘He that hath pity on 
the poor, lendeth to the Lord, and that/which he 
hath given, will he pay i ain. But he that op- 
Freffeth the poor to increafe his riches, and he that. 
giveth to the rich, fhall funekg ¢ come to want. Who- 
fo. mocketh the poor, reproacheth his maker. Whofo 
ftoppeth his ears to the ery of the poor, fhall cry 


iv. himfelf, and not be heard. When thou makelt a 


fea, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, 

and thou fhalt be blefled 5 for they cannot recom- 
penfe thee, but thou fhalt be recompenfediat the ref- 
urrection of the jut. To do good and tocomnnt- 

nicate, forget not; for with fuch facrifices God is 
well pleated. Give, and it fhall be given unto you, 
good meafure, preiled down, and: Ran together, 


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and mmning over, Remember the words of theActsxx.35 
Lord Jelus, how he faid, it is more blefledto give 
than to»receive. Come ye bleed; for I-was an Mot. xv. 
hungredl, and ye gave meat ; I was thirlty, and ye 9* 95 

gave me driak. Bleffed is he that confidereth the Ps.xli. 1. 
poor. Bleffed are the merciful, for they fhall obtain Mat. v. 7. 
mercy. pe Re y 

; Duty to enemies.’ 

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirl, pom, xii, 
give him drink ; for im fo doing thou fhalt heap 20, 21. 
coals of fire (melting love) on ‘his head 5, and the 
Lord fhall reward thee. And Saul faid to David, 1Sam.xxiv 
thou art more righteous than I, for thow haitre- #7 
warded me good, whereas I have rewarded evil ; 
and Saul lift uphis voice and wept, Rejoice not Pr.xxv.22 

when thine enemy falleth, and Jet net thine heart be — xvii. 5. 
glad when he ftembleth. Did I rejoice at the de- Job 31.29. 
‘ftruction of him that hated me, or lift up myfelf 

when evil found him ? He that is glad at calamities Pr.xxiv.x7 
fhall not-be unpunifhed. If thou fee the bealt of Ex. xxiii. 
him ‘that hateth thee lying under a burden, thou 4; 5- 
-fhalt furely help him ; or if thou meet thine enemy’s 

ox, or his afs going aftray, thou fhalt furely bring it 

back to him again. 
Duties to all—qwhether fuperiors, inferiars, or equals. 

_. Honour all men. Be patient toward all men. rPet.r29. 
“Speak evil of mo man, but be gentle, fhewing all Tit. iii. 2. 
-meeknefs unto all men. Be at peace among your- Tho vy, 
felves. Be kind one to another, tender hearted, for- 13. 14. 
_giving one another, even as God for Chirilt’s fake Eph.iv.32 
hath forgiven you.  Confefs your faults one to yamy, 26. 
another, and pray one for another. By love ferve gay y. 13. 
one another. Submitting yourfelves one to another — 

| im the fear of God. Let love be without diffimula- rpb.v. or. 
tion. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which Rom.xii.9, 
is good. Be kindly affeétioned one to another, with 4 
brotherly ‘love, in honour preferring one another. = -» 
Put on bowels of mercy, kindnefs, hymblenefs of ay ii 45, 
mind, meekne({s; long fuffering, forbearing one anoth- 

er, and forgiving one another. Bewye all of one , Pet.iiig, 
mind, having compaffion one of another; loveas 9g 
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous ; not rendering 


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56 SCRIPTURE. meinen 3 


evil or’evil; or railing for railing g, but contratiwife 
3 Corx.33 blefling. « Give no” sens in an 3: but pleafe 
all men in all things, not feeking our: oom prof bt 
2 Corx.24. the’ profit of many, ‘that ‘they may be 
no man feek his own; but every man another’s 
Rom. v. 1, Wealth... -We-~ ought to ‘bear dhe subvidciee of the 
2,3. weak,.and not to pleafe ourfelves. Let every one 
of us pleafe his neighbour; for his Sapo aeaee to Dorie pt ns 
xii. 15, for even Chrift ‘pleafed not 
x6. them that'do rejoice, and weep with ther that wee. 
Be of the fame mind one towards another. ” 
not high things, but condefoend td men of feiclten: 
Let nothing be -done through ftrife or ‘vain glory; 
but in lowlinefs of mind, let-each. efteem other bet- 
eal ii, 3, ter'than himfelf. “Look not ‘every ‘man on his own 
things, but: every man alfo on the of others. 
Let -this ‘mind be in you, which was alfo in Chrift. 
Jefus. Give to him’that afketh, and from him that 
Gal. vizo. would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. As we 
have: opportunity, let us do eva Pa ) 
cially to them who are of the houfehold of faith 


Seer. ag. - 
1 De What is the fixth commandment? = Ot wine 
A. Thou fhalt not kill. denn ffi ok 
> What is required in the fixth paca Oe A 
Mi TE Self-prefervation + The means of —— are, : 
— Government of the paffions and appetites. 


wos He dew i is flow to anger, is better than the mighty y 
7 T. he that “ ru/eth” his fpirit, than he that taketh acity. 
Col. iii.8. Put off all thefe ; anger, wrath » malice, blafphemy, 
x Petiirx filthy communications out of your mouth. Atbftain. 

from flefhly lufts irr ie foul. I keep 


1 Cor. ix. under my body, and bring-it mto tion. Every: 
_ 27-25 man that ftriveth for the scarier ate in alk. 
te te ooo eee ae 


ci Exercife or labours RS serene ol 

a Thefiii. “This we ecg you, that if any would not’ 
40,12, Work,’ neither fhould he eat. Now them’ that are 
fuch, we command and exhort, by our Lord Jefus’ 

2 + @brift, that swith pag work, and cat their 


¢ banca aieipages ; ents Saeed doy +e 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. st 


- Faod 
Fo, Ath Rca ett OF tg FEE 
filled therewith, and yomitit. Dank pa 
ter, but ufe a little wine for thy ftomach’s fake, and 
thine often infirmities." Phere is nothing better for Ecc. ii. 24. 
ee eee 


the good of all his labour; itis the gift of God. 1 — ili. 12. 
Snow shexp is no-gond.in them,.but- a. Man to re- 
joice and do good in his life. - 


Shep. 
_The deep ofa labouring man i fweet, whether he Eccl. 
eat little or much, but salar riverine 33 
ons -Solirs iemrto-fonp - 


anaes ategeat. and Jay it-for a laifter on 
Pemhat he ; 

Cheerful mind. : 
A merty heart doth A. tsa panst es aero —— 
brokea fpirit drieth the bo: 


| dant: 
A time to weep, and a time to laugh ; peiee mat: < 
‘ourn, and a time.to dance. God hath made every rz. 

ing beautiful in his time. 

AGive courage. 

He that hath no fword, let kim fell his garment Luk.33. 36 
and etre Heo ate 9 rE Eph. vi29, 

Scsiab ipsasiiektamatenedieyenadvome-ci0cossenum. 
death, and thofe that are ready to be flain; if thou: 14, 12. 
fayeft, behold we know it not ; doth not he that pon~ ; 
dereth the heart, confider ix"? ‘Shall he not render to- 
every man according to his works. When certain Ags xxiii: 
of the Jews.banded together and bound theméelves 12. 16. 
under a curfe, that they would neither eat nor drink 
till they had killed Paul; his fifters fon heard of 
_cectee ry: larkien 7 permeate grasa Rae : 

told Paul. If a-brother or fifter be naked, and Jami, z5,, 

itute of daily food, and one of youfayuntothem, %% 


oe SCRIPTURE CATECHISM: 


_ depart in peace, be'ye ten lag be ye filled, not-" 
withftanding “ye gave them not thofe't i Bae 
™ 


. ere needful t to a dosh ie prose 
' : “What biden in commandment ? teal 
> if mine 


Woaaers ee ‘in- enmity. a man {mite another ‘with his hata 
16-21. or with ‘an-inftrument, or throwing if he 
thruft him of hatred, or hurl at fed ind 
that he die, he is a murderer, and fhall furely--be 
Samaxiy f6 death.” Aid David faid; the Lére i 
10. him or his day-thall comet ¢ dies or he! te 
into the battle and perith; Ged forbidtha 
_ ftretch forth my. hand “againt the. Lords ancined. 
Numaxiy Vé hall take no faxisfaétion for the life 
31-33 er, whe is guilty of death: For b defileth th 
land, and it cannot be‘cleanfed of the t 
fhed therein, but by the blood oF idaanelers it: 
Gen. ix. 6. Whofo fheddeth man’s blood, 2 fr oo his So 
be’ fhed,. for-in the image ¢ of oro 


Matxxvii.... Judas caft:'down thé pieces OF eee the ter 
5. _ and departed, and went and hanged] * And 
— wy. the. keeper of-the-prifon drew out his fword, ané 
273° would: have killed himfelf, but : 1 with 2 
loud voice, do thyfelf no harm. -. ‘s pha xvii. 
5 
§ — Indire® murder.c- ep ae Pag 
poral, ea: to David, thou halt vacate 2 
9. Hiteee with the fword of the children of Ammon. 
Pr. 28:21. Death and‘ life-are in the power of the: tongue. 
Mat.xv.g Out of the heart aed evil: Soren 
I Kings, KXi. 10, - . 


‘x Joh. iii. © Whofcever hateth his ee ae pure e ” 
and ye know that no mu: hate ah oe 


ing in him.» an 
Ange ; 
Mat. ax, . It was frid’by thet of 0 thou fhalt not kill 
' 2% whofoever killeth fhall be in danger o: \dgmer 


but I fay unto you, that whofoeve 


“SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. > 


brother, without a caufe, fhall bein danger of the > 
judgment. Cain was.very wroth, and rofe up.againft Geniy.5.8 
Abel his brother,.and flew-him.  Curfed: be their’ —xlix. 7, 
anger, for it was: fierce, and.their wrath, for it was 
cruel. Be. not-hafty in thy fpirit:to-be angry; for Eccl. vig. 
_anger refteth (remaineth long) in the bofom of fools. 
He that is foon. angry dealeth foolifhly. . The dif- Pr. x1v.17. 
cretion of, a man deferreth his anger,.and it is his —““*7* 
glory to pafs over a.tranfgreflion. Ceafe from an- —**¥i22 
ger and forfake-wrath ; fret not thyfelf in any wife 
to do evil: Let every man:be fwift to-hear, flow to Jam. 1.19, 
fpeak, flow to wrath ; for the wrath of man worketh 7% _ 
not the righteoufnefs.of.God. Be ye angry and fin pop iv. 26. 
not; let not the fun go down upon your wrath. 
~Malice-.or fpite. a 
"Ye are of your father the’ devil; and the lu&s of Joh.viiisg 
your father ye will do; he was a murderer from the 
beginning. ‘The wicked fleep not except they have Pr. xiv.16. 
done -mifchief. Thou Lord beholdef mifehief and — x. 14. 
-fpite, to requite it with thy.hand. Let all bitternels, Ephiv.3r, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamour,.and evil fpeak, = 32. 
ing be “ put away” from you with all “malice.” 
Not living in “ malice” and envy, hateful and hating Tit. ii 3. 
_ one another. Bi i 
' Stubbornnefs. . 
«They walked in the imagination, or ftubboranefs Jer. vii.24 
~ef their evilhearts.. They defpife government, pre-.2 Petii.ro 
, fumptuous. are’ they, and felf-willed. «She is loud Fr. vii.st. 
and ftabborn. . Though .thou fhouldeft. bray a fool Provxsii 
, in a wortar among-wheat-with a peftle, yet will not ?* 
«his foolifhnefs.depart from: him. 
4 Revenge. nee : 
“Avenge not yourfelves, -but rather give place té Romxiirg 
» wrath, for it is:written, vengeance is mine; I will re- 
; pay, faith the Lord. I fay unto you refift (i. e, re- Mat. v.39. 
- venge) not evil,-but whofoever fhall fmite thee on  -* 
. thy right-cheek, turn to-him the other alfo. .Thow Lev.xix.17 
. fhalt not hate thy -brother in thy heart; thou fhale 18 
»Mot avenge, nor bear:any grudge -againft’ ‘the chil-. 
«dren of thy people. ischepent 0 ( man evil for Rom.xiir7 
evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwife blefling ; 


6 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


x Petiii.g knowing ¢ that ye are thereunto called; that ye thould 
Col. iii.25. inert & blefing. But he that docth wrong, thal 
Ps, cima?’ — for the wrong which he hath done. _ And as 
delighted not in a i fo let it be far from him. 
Pewee They rewarded me evil for. good, but as for. me, 
12, 13. When they were fick, my clothing was fackcloth, and 
I humbled myfelf with fafting and prayer. Blefs 
them that periecete you, blefs, and curfe not. 
P 


erfecution. 

' Qukix.s4. Lord wilt thou that we eomnemmnd: fine to some: 
down from heaven and confume them? But Jefus: 
rebuked them, and faid, ye know not what manner’ 

Aasv.38. of fpirit ye are of. Reftain from thefe men, and let 

—xxii.22, them alone, But they faid, away with fuch a fellow 
from the earth, for it is not fit that he fhould live. 

Johavi. 2. The time cometh that whofoever killeth you,. will 
think that he doth Godfervice. See Mat. po ind 

Sect. 16. Te 
What is the feventh comniandment ? 
4. Thou fhalt not commit adultery. 
Q. Whatis required in the foventh commandment P.. 

1 Pet.iiia2 4. Chafte converfation coupled with fear. sane 

Heb.xiiiz4 riage is honourble im all ;. but whorem eed, 

1 Theffiy, adulterers God will judge. This is the 

3.4,£. even your fanttification, that every one of you fhould 
know how to poflefs his vefiel in fanétification and — 
honour: Not in the luft of concupifeence, even as’ 
the Gentiles which knew not God. Who being pat — 

feeling, have given themfelves over to lafciviouineds, , 

»Cor-virs to work all uncleannefs with greedinefs. Know ye 
not, that your bodies are the members of Chrift, 
“and temples of the Holy Gheft 2” Shall I then take — 
the members of Chrift, and make them members of 


Rom.xiir4 


Eph iv. 19. 


Pr. iy.23.an harlot? God forbid. Keepi dl t with all 
—v. 8.20, diligence. Remove thy way far - come 
2. not near the door of her houfe ‘whit on 
fon, be ravifhed with a ftrange For the 
ways of man are before the eyes of t dhe 


Gen.39. 9. pondereth’ all his "How can i do this great 
ent) Se beineis anh Eo ape ae mi 5 
his 


: 
adultery, lacketh underfanding, and. 
| 
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SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 6x 
ewn foul : A wound and difhonour fhall he get, and 


his reproach fhall not be wiped away. Job xxxi. 1. 
Gen. xxiv. 12 vid. ; . 
 Q. What is forbidden in the feventh commandment ? 

A. Fornication, and all uncleannefs, or covetouf- Eph .. 3, 
nefs, let it not be once named amongft you, as be- 4 5: 
cometh faints; neither filthinefs, nor foolith talking, 
nor jefting, which are not convenient. For no 
whoremonger, nor unclean perfon, nor covetous 
‘man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the 
kingdom of Chrift, and of God. Whotoever look- Matw.28. 
eth on a woman to luft after her, hath committed 
adultery already with her in his heart. For out of ~ xv. 19. 
the heart proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, &c. This command particularly forbids—Po- 
lygamy, (1 Cor. vii. 2.) Divorce, (Mat. v. 32. 
Mal.-ii. 15, 16.) Defertion, (1 Cor. vil. 11. 1 Pet. 

iii, 7.) Defrauding, (1 Cor. vii. 5.) Inceft, {1 Cor. 
vy. 1.) Rape, (2 Sam. xiii. 14.) Sodomy, (Rom. i. 
14.27.) Alfo—Idlenefs, (Ezek. xvi. 49. 2 Sam. 
xi, 2.) Intemperence, (Jer. v. 8. Prov. xxiii. 30-33. so - 
Brothels, (Prov. vii. 27, and v. 8.) Lafcivious fongs 
and pictures, (2 Kings, xxiii. 7. Ezek. xxiii, 14-16.) 
Wanton language, geftures and attire, (Ifaiah iii, 16. 
_ 2 Kings, ix." 30. Prov. vii. 10. 13. 2 Pet. ii. 14. 1 
| Tim. i. 9.) With every other a& and {pecies of im- 
purity. (Gen. xxxviil. g. Levit. xviii. 23. Exod. 
{Meath Be) 


SECT. 17. 

Q. Which is the eighth commandment ? 

4. Thou halt not fteal. 

| Q. What is required in the eighth commandment ? 

oF fs Nee on Induftry. ; 

Let him that ftole, fteal no more, but rather let Eph.iv.28. 
him labour, working with his hands, that which is’ 
good, that he may have to give’to him that needeth. 

Be thon diligent to know the {tate of thy flocks, and Prxxvii23 
4 Jook well to thy herds. He that tilleth his land --xxviii.z9 
_ fhall have plenty of bread ; but he that followeth af- 
ter vain perfons fhall have poverty enough. Hebe- — 
eometh poor that oo with a flack hand, but the 


E. & 


62 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


Prxii.24 hand of the diligent maketh rich. — The hand of the 
diligent fhall bear rule, but the flothful thall be un- 
Praxii.29.de% tribute. Seeft thou a man diligent in his bufi- 
nefs, he fhall ftand before kings, he fhall not ftand 
2Thes.iii.8 before mean men. We did not eat any man’s bread 
for naught, but wrought with labour and travel, 
night and day, that we might not be chargeable to 
any of you. She feeketh wool and flax, and work- 
eth willmgly with her hands. ‘She rifeth (early) 
while it is yet dark, and looketh well to the ways of 
her houfehold, and eateth not the bread of ‘idlenefs. 
Her children rife up and call ee eins 
band alfo praifeth her. 
Liconomy. 
Pscxii. 5, A good man will guide his affairs with Storction. 
Mark ii.2z Ne man putteth a piece of new cloth to an old g 
ment, for that which is put in to fill at up, ‘taketh 
from the garment, and the rent is made worfe. 
Pr, xi. 24. There is that feattereth, yet increafeth; and there is 
that withholdeth more than ‘is meet, and it tendeth 
sili, 23.to poverty. Much food is in the tillage of the poor, 
but there is, that is deftroyed for want of ee 
Frugality. a 
Joh.vi.12. Gather up the feopeneauly that nothing be loft. 
Equity—i. e. equal and exaé juftite to all. 
Romadiir7 Provide things honeft in the fight of all men. 
Deuxvizo That which is altogether juft fhalt thou follow. He - 
Ps. xv.2.4- walketh uprightly, and worketh righteoufnefs, and 
Rom.xiii.7 fpeakcth the truth in his heart. Render to all their 
dues; owe no man any thing, but to love one 
2 Kiniv.7.another. Pay thy debt, and live thou and thy chil- 
2 Cor.vii.2 dren on the reft. We have wronged-*no man, we 
have corrupted no man, we have defranded no man. 
Hebxiiizg We truft that we have a good confcience in all 
Sam. xii, things, willing to live honeftly. Behold; here am I, 

3. _ Witnefs againkt me before the Lord, and before his 4 
anointed ;, whofe ox, or whofe afs have i taken ; 
whom have I defrauded ; whom have I oppreffed, ‘ 

or of whofe hand have I received a bribe to blind . 
mine eyes? And they faid, thou haft not, _ oe 
Lord is wituets- = e 


Pr.xxx ch. 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 63 

J , Reflitution, : % 

' Tf a foul fin or commit a trefpafs, and lie to his Lev.vi.ass 
neighbour, he fhall. reftore that which he took vio- 
lently away, or the thing which he hath. deceitfully 
gotten, or that which. was delivered to him to keepy. 
or the loft thing which he found &c. he fhall even. 
reftore it%m the principal, and fhall add thereto a 
fifth part more. If I have taken away any thing, Luk. xix.8 
from any man, by falfe accufation, I reftore him 
fourfold. And Jacob: faid to his fons, take double Gen, xliii, 
money in your hand, and the money that was bro’t 32, 
again in the mouth of your facks, carry it again in: 
your hand, peradventure it was an overfight. 

Rendering to God, “ the things that are his.’” 

Tt is God that giveth thee power to get wealth. peuwiire 
The bleffing of the Lord maketh rich, and he addeth Pro. x. 22. 
no forrow'with it. Serve the Lord your God, and gy, 23.95. 
he fhall blefs thy bread and thy water... He will hear p40. ii, a7, 
the heavens, and they fhall hear the earth, andthe a2. 
earth fhall hear the corn, and wine, and oil, and: 
they {hall hear (i. e. fupply the wants of )Jasrecl. The popisry 
race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong, 
neither bread to the wile, nor riches to men of un- 
derftanding. Except the Lord build the houle, they Psexxvii.x 
labour in vain that build it. Seek firft the kingdom Matwi.33, 
ef God, and his righteoufnefs, and all thefe things 
fhall be added to you. Bodily exercife profitteth ;Timiy.9: 
little, but godlinefs-is profitable unto all things, hav- 
ing the promife of the life that now is, and of that 
which is to come. If they obey and ferve him, they Job xxxvi 
thall {pend their days in profperity, and their years’ 11. 
in pleafure. Ihave been young, and now am old, py. xxxvii, 
yet have I not feen the.righteoug forfaken, norhis - 25, 
children begging bread. : 

Q. What ts forbidden in the. eighth commandment ? 

4. Fraud, and injutftice, of every kind. 

Let no man go beyond, or defraud (i. e. cheat): : 
his brother in ha matter ; becaufe me Ld is a : ce if 
avenger of all fuch. Ye fhall not deal falfely, nor Levixis.x1 
lie one to another. ‘The Lord will abhor a deccit- Psal. v. 6. 
ful man, 


& SCRIPTURE, CATECHISM.” 


Fraud in Trade. 
Prxs.x4. It is naught, it isn faith ‘the buyer 5 But 
Pr. xica6. When he is gone his way he boafteth, He that 
witbholdeth corn, the people fhall curfe him, but 
blefling fhall be upon the head of him Mg ers it. 
- in weights and meafures. 
Hos. xii.7.. He is amerchant ; the ballances of eetie: are in 
Mizsei. 1 Bis hand; he loveth to opprefs. ‘The fant meafure 
Lev.xix.35 that is abominable, i is in the-houfe of the wicked, Ye. 
fhall do no unrighteoufnefs in mete yard, in weight, 
Prov xi.07 in meafure. A falfe balance is an abomination 
to the Lord, but. a juit ie ed is his. magi igs 


in fury. : 

Ex If thou lend money or ok to any of Stine 

to ple that is poor, thou fhalt not be many enna an 
(hard) vfarer. . 


The woman fhall Laeeees that which partaiieth 
unto a man, neither fhall a man put on a woman’s 
garment, for all who do fo are an abomination to the 
Lord thy God. vd 

——Tlandmarka 
Sani. Remove not the old. landmark 5 enter. net: into 
40,11; the fields of the fatherlefs : For their redeemer is 
Deu. xxvii. Mighty 5 he thall plead their canfe with thee. Curf- 
17, ed is he that removeth his neighbour's wencing 
and all the people fhall fay, Amen, 
Robbery. : 
Levxix13 ‘Thou fhalt not rob thy we tate esis was 
Judging sarobber. The men of Sechem fet liers in wait on 
the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that 
Pr.xxi 7, CAM? along that way, by them. The sete pie fae 
* 3X 7+ wicked fhall deftroy them. . . 
Burglary. 
Fx. ii. a2, _ If athief be found il up. sfoon Nef sas hae he 
be fmitten that he die, there fhall be no biped iba 
for him... =a 
Bribery. 

He that walketh geome Attatein the 4 gain of 
oppreflion, and fhaketh his hands from. pare 
Exxxiiig, Pribes» For a gift blindeth the wife, and perverteth 
_the words of the righteons. 


Deut. xxii. 


Is. XRviil15 


- SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 65 


Paritiality. 
Do nothing by partiality. Now Jacob loved Jo- :Timv2zz 
feph more than all his children, and he made him a Genxsxvii 
coat of many colours ; and when his brethren faw 34 
it they hated him, and could not fpeak peaceably’ to 
him. He that anfwereth a matter before he heareth Prov-xviii. 
it, it is folly and fhame to him. He that is firft im 13. 47. 
his own caufe feemeth jut, but his neighbour com- 
eth and fearcheth him out. If there come unto your Jamii. 2-4 
affembly a man with.a gold ring, in goodly apparel, 
and there come in alfo a poor man in vile raiment, 
_and ye have refpecét to him that weareth the gay 
_clothing, and fay unto him, fit thou here in a good 

place ; and fay to the poor, ftand thou there, or fit 

under my foot{too! ; are ye not then partial in your- 

felves. They juftity the wicked for a reward, and Is, v. 23. 
take away the righteoufnefs of the righteous from 

him. He that juft:fieth the wicked, and he that con- py.xvii.rs. 
demneth the ju‘t, even they both are an abomination 

to the Lord. See. Kings xxi. g-14. ; 

Forgery. 

The unjuft fteward called every one of his lord’s Luke xvi. 
debtors unto him, and faid unto the firft, how much > 4 
owelt thou unto my lord? And he faid an hundred y 
meafures of oil. And he faid unto lim, take thy bill, 
and fit down quickly, and write fifty, &c. The Pscxix.69. 
proud have forged a lie againft me ; but I will keep 
thy precepts with my whole heart. 

Perfidioufnefs. 

Joab faid to Amafa, art thou in health my broth- 2 Sam. xx. 
er ? And he took Amafa with the right hand, to kifs 9» 10 
him ; and he fmote him with his fword, in the fifth 

-rib; and ihed out his bowels to the ground. — This Joh. xii.6. 
faid Judas, not that he cared for the poor, but be- 
caufe he was a thief, and had. the bag, and bare what 
was put therein. If ye have not been faithful in that p45 yvis, 
-which is another man’s, who fhall commit to you 
‘the true riches 2y “s<, 

Detaining, or concealing lof goods. 
Thou fhalt not fee thy brother’s ox or fheep g0 peut. sxiz 
aitray or fall erry and hide thyfelf from them; 1,3 
: 2 


66 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM.. 


thou fhalt in any cafe bring them again to thy broth- 
‘er. In like manner fhalt thou do with his raiment, 
and with all loft things of thy brother’s, which thou: 
haft found. 
Withholding what is due. 

Prxrxviiz __The wicked borroweth and payeth not again, 
—iii.27. Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, 
: when it is in the power of thy hand to doit ; fay not 

to thy neighbour go, and come again, and tomorrow 

I will give, when thou haft it by thee. The wages 

~of him that is hired fhall not abide rac thee all 
iixg.night until the morning. Ifa man borrow aught 

a of his neighbour, and it be hurt or die, the 30 

thereof not beng with it, he fhall furely make it . 
good. 
| tft sly, fatale a 

Szxxiizz, Thou haft greedily gained of thy neighbours, by 

ae extortion, cad haft poate me, faith, the Lord: 

Mat. xxiij, Wo unto you, feribes and pharifees, hypocrites! for 

z5. ye make clean the outfide of the cup and platter, but 
within they are full of extortion and excefs. 
Oppreffion and cruelty. : 

Levxxvrg — If thou fell aught unto thy neighbour, or buye 

aught of thy neighbour’s hand, ye fhall not opprefs 

Luk.iii13 one another. Exaé& no more than that whieh is ap- 

14. pointed you. Do violence to no man, neither ac- 
cufe any falfely, and be content with ‘your wages. . 

Mat. xviii, Aand the fame fervant found one of his fellow fer- 
28. vants who owed him an hundred pence 5 and he laid 
hands on him, and took him by the throat, faying, 

Ex. i. 14. Pay me that thon oweft. Their lives were made bit- 

ter with hard bondage, in mortar, and brick, and all 
manner of fervice in the field ; all the fervice, where- 
smos viz, 12.they made them ferve, was with rigour. Hear 
eee. this, ye that fwallow up the needy ; who falfify bal- 

‘"""" Jances by deceit, and fell the refufe of the wheat that 

they might buy the poor for filver, and the needy for 

a pair ot fhoes. The Lord hath fworn, furely I will 

never forget any of their works. Ye fhall not op- 

qi-24._ prefs aitranger, nor affli& any widow or fatherle/s 
child ; if thou afflia them in any wile, and they cry 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM : 67 


at all unto me, I will furely hear their cry, and your 
wives fhall be widows and your children fatherlefs, 
Manflealing. 
He that flealeth a man and felleth him, or if he Bx. xxi26. 
be found in his hand, he fhall furely be put to death. 
The law is not made for a righteous perfon, but for rTim.i.zo. 
men ftealers, for liars, for perjured perfons, &c.. 
| Theft by partnerfpip. 
Be not a2 partaker of other men’s fins. Whofo is 1Timw.2z 
a partner with a thief hateth his own foul ; he hear- Pr-xix. 24. 
eth curfing and bewrayeth it not. When thou faw- Pysal. 1. 18. 
efta thief, then thou confentedft with him, and haf 
been partaker with adulterers ; faying, we fhall fill Prov. 13 
our houfes with fpoil, caft in thy lot among us, letus = r4. 
all have one purfe. But though hand jom in hand, —** 2%, 
the wicked fhall not be unpunifhed. : 
Self robbery, or ftealing from ourfelves, viz. by 
2. Extreme Parfimony. 
There is an evil under the fun, and it is common Eccl. vi. 2 
among men; a man to whom God hath given rich- 
es and wealth, fo that he wanteth nothing of all that 
he defireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat 
thereof, but a ftranger eateth it ; this is vanity and an 
evil difeafe. In the fulnefs of his fufficiency he fhall Job xz. 22. 
be in ftratts. 
2. Inceffant toil and anxiety. 
There is one alone, and not a fecond; yea, he hath ge}, iv. 8. 
neither child nor brother ; yet is there noend of al 
his labour ; neither is his eye fatisfied with riches, 
neither faith he, for whom do I labour, and bereave 
my foul of good ? What hath he of all his labour, and —ji.22,23. 
_of the vexation of his heart? All his days are forrow - 
and grief ; yea, his heart taketh no reft in the night. 
There is a fore evil which.I have feen under the iun ; 
namely, riches kept for the owners thereof, to their 
hurt. For who knoweth whether the man that com- 
' eth after, fhall be a wife man, or a fool? 
3. Prodigality.’ 
The younger fon gathered all together, and took Lukxv.r3 
‘a journey inte a far country, and there wafted his — 
fuditance with riotous living. There is atreafureto Pr. xx. 2s. 


—ii. 9. 


68 


Pr.xxi.t7. 


Luk.xxi34 
Prxxiiizg. 
32 
== Exi. I. 
Hab.ii. 15. 


Prov.xxiil. 
2,3. 20. 21. 


Philiii.19. 
+ Rom. xi. 


33, 14. 


Pr.xviii.9. 
— XXV1.13 
35. 


— xXx. 4 


=—XXVi-14, 
34, 15. 


—_iv. 6. 
‘ 


_% Thefail, _ 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


be defired in the dwelling of the wife, but a foolifh 
man fpendeth it up. tha that loveth pleafure fhall 
be a poor man; he that love wine rare eg 
fhall not be rich. 
4. Intemperances Me 

Take heed, left at any time your es ei 
charged with furfeiting, and drunkennefs, and fo. 
that ‘day come upon you unawares.. Who hath wo? 
who hath forrow? who hath eanesationnd who 
hath babbling ?_ who hath wounds ? who hath red- 
nefs of eyes ? } They who tarry long at the wine ; 
they that go to feek mixed wine. Wine is a mock- 
er, ftrong drink is raging; At laf it biteth like a 
ferpent, “and Rtingeth like an adder. Wo to him 
that giveth his neighbour (frrong) drink, that put- 
teth the bottle to him, and maketh him drunken, 
Be not defirous of danties for they are deceitful 
meat. Put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man 
given to appetite. Be not among wine bibbers ;_ 
among riotous eaters of flefh, for the drunkard and 
the glutton fhall come to poverty: 7) heir-end /is de- 
ftruction, whofe God is their belly. Walk honeftly 
as in the day, not in rioting and drunkennefs, not i in 
chambering and wantonnels, not in ftrife and envy-_ 
ing ; But put yeen the Lord Jefus Chrift, and make - 
no provifion for the flefh to fulfil the lufts thereof. : 

5. Idlenefs. “1 

He that is flothful in his work, is brother to him. 
that is a great walter. The flothful man faith, there 
is a lion in the way, a lion is in the ftreets. He 
hideth his hand im his bofom; and his hands refute 
to labour. He will not plough by. reafon of the 
cold ; therefore {hall he beg in harveft and have. 
nothing. I went by the field of the flothful, ic was 
all grown over with thorns, and nettles has covered | 
the face thereof, and the ftone wall was broken down. 
Yet a-little fleep, a little lumber, a little 
hands to fleep, fo fhall thy poverty cones, like si, 
that travelleth, and thy want as an armedma eet E 
to the ant thou fluggard, confider “der 


ways and 
be wile. [here are fome who. wall aide 


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among you, working not at all, but are bufy bodies. 12. 12 
Now, them that are fuch, we command and exhort, 
by our Lord Jefus Chrift, that with quietnefs they 
work, and eat their own bread. Lone ¥ 
d _. 6. Engagements of rife. ‘ 

Be not thou ‘int them tx ae fureties for Prxxii26, 
debts. He that is furety for a ftranger, fhall fmart — ™- 15- 
for it. If thou haft nothing to pay, why fhould he —*+i.27. 
take away thy bed from thee. He that hafteth to ~**¥027 
be rich, hath an evil eye, and confidereth not that 
poverty fhall come upon him. Wealth gotten by —xiii. 12: 
vanity fhall be diminifhed, but he that gathereth by 
labour fhall increafe. He that is greedy of gain —xv, 27. 
troubleth his own houfe, 

9 Unneceffary law-fuits. 

If any man will fue thee at the law, and take Mat.v.4a 
away thy coat, let him have thy cloak alfo. Now 1 Cor. vi. 
there is utterly a fault among you, becaufe ye go to 5+ 6 7- 
law one with another ; why do ye not rather take 
‘wrong ; why do ye not rather fufer yourielves to 
be defrauded. I fpeak to your fhame ; it is fo, that 
there is not a wife man among you ? not one that is 
able to judge between his brethren? But brother go- 
eth to law with brother, and that before the unbe- 
lievers. Devife not evil againft thy neighbour, fee- Pr. iii. 295 
ing he dwelleth fecurely by thee. Strive not witha 3 . 
man without caufe, if he have done thee no harm. 

See Adts xix. 24, 25. 
Violation of this command punifhed. ate 

He that getteth riches, and not by right, thall Jeet 
leave them in the midft of his days, and im the end 
fhall be a fool. Wo unto them that join houfe to Ifa. v. 8. 
houfe, that lay field to field, that they may be placed 
alone in the midft of the earth. Go to now ye rich jam. y. x, 
men, weep and howl for the miferies that {hall come - 
upon you. Better is a little with righteoufne/s, than Pr xvi. % 
great revenues without right. This is the curfe that Zech. v. 
goeth forth over the face of the whole earth, Iwill 34 
bring it forth, faith the Lord, and it thal] enter into 
the houfe of the thief, and thall remain in the midtt 
of his houfe, and fhall confume it with the timber 
and {tones thereof. awe 


4 


o "SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


as Seer. 18. a1: Salaoaie 
Q. Which i is we Geiriamtoens gt oe 
A. Thow thalt not bear falfe vitnefs.ap 
fieighbour.. HE gh. fi 
Q. What is required i te it crane 7 ? 
4. ne ae di ty 7 
Ce ¥ we pa a id S035 y 
ate Speak ye every a "the wrath to bis nel + 


{peaketh. rach A in his pis wink Uae’ fe 
to his own hurt, ha not.. See 2 
18-20. 

Good name or charager. 


Pr.xai. x. Ai good’ name is rather to be chofen than great 
riches, and. loving favour (i. e. friendthip) rather’ 
3 Joh. 12. than filver and gold. Demetrius hath a good re- 
port of all men, and of the truth itfelf. Be blame- 
PhiL 35 Tels and harmlefs, the ‘fons of God, without rebuke, 
in the midft of a crooked and: perverfe nation,. 
whom ye ought to fhine as lights in the world... 
x Petjixrz Having your converfation honeft, that, by your g 
works which. men behold,. they may glorify (€ 
A&24.16 Herein do F exercife myfel§ to have a abel 
Isaxxxviii, Void of offence toward God, and toward men. Re- 
3. | member now, O. Lord, how I have walked before 
- thee in truth, and with a perfeé& heart, and have 
done that which is good in thy fight. Jefus faw- 
Jeb.i. 47- Nathaniel coming to him. and faith, behold an iar 
ite indeed, in whom is no guile. ay 
Candour in fpeaking or judging ag caer. ‘2 
Matvii.r. Judge not, (raihly and uncharitably) that ye be 
Rom.xiv. NOt judged. Let us. not judge one another any 
x3. more. Judge nothing before the time, until the 
xCor.iv.s. Lord. come, who will bring to light the hidden. 
Phil. iv. 5. things of darknefs. Let your mioderation be known 
Rom.xiv.3 to all men. The Lord is at hand. Let not him: 
that eateth, defpife him that eateth not ; and let not 
Rom.xiv.s him that eateth not, defpife him that eateth. Let 
Gal. vi. 1. every man be fully perfuaded:i in his own mind. Te 


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‘a man be overtaken in a fault, reftore fuch a one in 

the fpirit of meeknefs ; confidering thyfelf, left thou 

alfo be tempted. Charity fhall cover the multitude 1Pet.iv.8. 

-of fins. | 
seid Friendly reproof. 

Thou fhalt in any wife rebuke thy neighbour, and Ley.xix.r7 
not fuffer fin upon him. It is better to hear the re- Ec. vii.5,6. 
-buke of the wife, than the fong of fools. For as the 
crackling of thorns under~a pot, fo is the laughter 
of a fool. Open rebuke is better than fecret love. Provxxvii 
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kiffes of 5» 6- 
an enemy are deceitful. The north wind driveth —xxv. 23. 
away rain, fo doth an angry countenance a backbit- 
ang tongue. Caft not your pearls before fwine. Mat.vii.6. 
Let the righteous fmite me, it fhall be a kindnefs, Pf cxli. 5. 
and let him reprove me, it fhail be an excellent oil, 
which fhall not break my head. Vid. Rev. ii. 2. 4, 
and iti. 19. Tit. 1. 13. 1 Tim. v. 20. 

\ Tender concern for the reputation of others. 

' Jofeph being a jult man, and not willing to make Mat. i.rg. 
her a public example, was minded to put her away 
privily. Jonathan fpake good of David unto Saul 1Sam. xix. 
Ahis father, and faid, let not the king fin againft his “4 5 
fervant David, becaufe -his works to thee-ward have 
Seen very good. Let each efteem other better than phi, ii, 3, 
themfelves. See 1 Sam. xxii. 14. 

Q. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment ? 

A. Falfebsod. 
~ Lie not one 'to another. [I hate and abhor lying. Col.iii.9Pf 
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. He EN aes 
that will love life, and fee good days, let him refrain piper ie 
his tongue from evil, and his lips that they fpeak no 
guile. ‘he lip of truth fhall be eftablifhed forever, —xii. 19. 
but a lying tongue is but fora moment. Why hath Aéts v. 3. 
fatan filled thine heart to lie. Al liars fhall have Rev.xxi.8, 
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and 
brimftone. 

Perjury, or falfe fwearing. ; 

~ Thou fhalt it tacks ee at fhall perform Mat. v.33» 
unio the Lord thine oaths. Let none of you imag~ Zac.viiix7 
‘me evil in your hearts againft your neighbour, and 


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love no falfe oath ; for all thefe things I hat 
Ex. xxiiit. the Lord. Put not Pye get with th 


Pro. xix.v. be a falfe witnefs. ; {hall not be un-_ 
punifhed, and he that fpeaketh lies thall no’ efcap *y 
Levit. v-1- Tf a foul (perfon) fin, and a witnefs under oath, 
feen or known it, if he do not utter t, the 
A&s vi.tt. bear his iniquity. They fuborned men d 
we have heard him fpeak blafphemous words aga 
Ifa. lix. 13. Mofes, and againft God. Speaking and uttering 
Zac.v.2-4. from the heart, words of falfehood. What fe 
thou ? I faid a flying roll : This is the curfe that 
goeth forth, and it fhall enter into the houfe of | him 
that fweareth falfely by my name, and fhall oe 
his houfe. See Deut. xix. 18-20. 2 Tim, iii. 1-3. 
1 Kings, xxi. 13. 
Scoffing, or mache: | 
aChrxxxvi They mocked the meflengers of God, and mifufed . 
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16. his prophets, till the wrath of God arofe, and there 
Prov-xiv.g. was no remedy. Fools make a mock at fin. ‘The 
—xxiv. 9- {corner is an abomination to men. The Lord fcorn- 
—ii.34- eth the feorner, and hath prepared juc ments fer | | 
axings ef them, and ftripes for the back of fools. came 4 

23,24. forth little children out of the city and macked Elitha, 4 
and faid to him, go up thou bald head ; and there | 4 
came forth two bears out of the wood and tare forty : 
and two children of them. 

Boaping. 
Gen. xxi. And Laban faid unto bea thefe anloihie are” 

43 my daughters, and thefe children are my children, _ i 

and thefe cattle are my cattle, and all that thou feeft 
Jno. viir8. is mine. He that fpeaketh of himfelf, feeketh his’ 
Prxiv.14 own glory. Whofo boafteth himfelf of a falfe gift, 
—xxvii. 2. is like clouds and wind without rain. Let another 
man praife thee, and not thine own mouth ; a ftran- 
2Cor.x.18. ger and not thine own lips. Not he that commend- 
eth himfelf is approved, but whom the Lord ec com- 
mendeth. 


Flattery and deceit. - 
Pf. xii.2. With flattering lips and a double — din they: ; 
Prxxvias fpeak. When he fpeaketh fair, believe him not ; for 
—x. 19. there are feven abominations i in his heart. - Meddle 


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het with him that flattereth with his lips. The Jer. xvii.g. 
heaxt is deceitful above all things, and defperately . 
wicked ; who can know it? A man that flattereth Pr. xxix. 5. 
his neighbour, fpreadeth a net for his feet. Thou Lev.xix.14 
fhalt not curfe the deaf, nor put a fumbling block ; 
before the blind, but thall fear thy God. Deliver Ps. cxx. 
my foul from a deccitful tongue. : 
Slander and defamation. 
Thou fitteft and fpeakeft againft thy brother, thou Ps lh 20. 
flandereft thine own mother’s fon. They laid to my —3xxv.t1 
charge things which I knew not, I heard the de- Jer. xx. 10 
_faming of many. Report, fay they, and we will re- 1% 
port. Come let us imite him with the tongue. ® 
They watched for my halting, faying, peradventure —sviii.18 . 
_ we fhall prevail againf{ him, and take our revenge 
onhim. Thou thalt not raife a falfe report ; neith- Exxxiii. r. 
er accufe any falfely. He that uttereth flander is a Luk.iii.14 
| fool. An hypocrite with his mouth deftroyeth his PF°V-*59 

neighbour. Lord, who fhall dwell in thy holy poy. 1.3 
place? He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor 

taketh up a reproach againft his neighbour. Re- 1Cor.vi.ro 

_ yilers fhall net inherit. the kingdom of God. Sec 

| Jer. xxxvill. 4. : 


; Takbearing. 
Thou fhalt not go up and down as a'talebearer Levxix.16 

among thy people ; neither {halt thou ftand againft 

the good of thy neighbour: Iam the Lord. All Adsxvii. 

the “A:thenians {pent their time in nothing elfe, but 27: 

either to tell or to hear fome new thing: ‘hey learn 1Timv.13 

to be idle, wandering from houfe to houfe; and not 

only idle, but tattlers alfo, and bufybodies, fpeaking 

things which they ought not. He that goeth about Pr.xx. 19 

as a talebearer, revealeth fecrets ; But he that is of a —xi- 13. 

faithful fpirit, concealeth the matter, He that cov- — xvii 9. 

_ereth a tranfgreffion, (the fault of another) feeketh 

love, but he that repeateth a matter, feparateth very 

| friends. Where no wood is, the fire goeth out 3 —Xxvi.20. 

where there is no talebearer, the ftrife ceafeth. De-—xxv. 9. 

bate thy caufe with thy neighbour himfelf, and dif- 

_ cover mot a fecret to another. Surely the ferpent Eccl.x, 12 
will bite without enchantment, and a babbler is no 

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Pr. xxvi.22better. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, 
— xxi. 23.which go down into the innermoft parts. Whofo 
keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his foul 

from troubles. 

Cenforioufuefs in fpeaking or judging of “ENA 

Mat.vii3.5 Why beholdeft thou the mote Ge is in thy broth- 
er’s eye, but confidereft not the beam that is in thine 
own eye? Thou hypocrite, firft caft the beam ont of 
Is.xxix.2x. thine own eye. Make pe a man an offender. for a 
oh.viii.7, word. Let him that is out fin among you, caft 
pier the firft ftone. Thou art inexcufable, O Rigg who- 
foever thou art that judgeft; for wherein thou jude- 
ef& another, thou condemneft thyfelf ; for thou that 
Romsiv.s judgeft doft the fame things. Who art thou that 

10. judgeft another man’s fervant? to his own matter 

Jam. ivr he ftandeth or falleth. Speak not evil one of anoth- 
er, brethren. He that fpeaketh evil of his brother, 

_ and judgeth his brother, fpeaketh evil of the law, 

Rom. xiv. and judgeth the law. Why doft thou judge thy 

‘xo. brother? or why doft thou et at nought thy broth- 
er? for we fhall all ftand before the judgment feat 
of Chrift. He fhall have judgment without itd | 
that hath fhewed no mercy. 

_ SECT. 19. 

Q. Which is the tenth commandinent ? 

#. Thou fhalt not covet thy neighbour’s houfe ; 
thou fhalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his 
man-fervant, nor his maid-fervant, nor his ox, nor a : 
afs, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 

Q. What is required i in the tenth commandment ? 

A. Contentment and benevolence. — 

I. Contentment includes humility, Lef-denial, 
patience, Fe. | 
Heb.xiii.s. Let your converfation be without covetoufnefs 
and be content with fuch things as ye have; for he ~ 
hath faid, I will never leave thee, nor forfake thee. | 
1Tim. vi. Godlinefs with contentment is great gain, for we | 
6-8. brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we 4 
can carry nothing out. Having food. and vraiment — 
Lithiii-r 4. let us therewith The content. Be content with your j 
Sen. 53.9.’wages. I have enough, my brother, keep that thon 


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 haft to thyfelf. I have coveted no man’s filver, or Adsxx.33 
gold, or apparel, I have learned in whatfoever ftate Philiv.rz. 
I am, therewith to be content. I know bothhow 1% 
to be abafed, and how to abound. [I am: inftructed. 
beth to be full and to be hungry, both to abound 
and to fuffer need. I can do all: things through 
-Chrift which ftrengtheneth me. 
Humility. 
I fay to every man among you, not to think of pom xiisg: 
himfelf more highly than he ought to think ; but to 
think foberly. “All of you, be fubjeé&t one to anoth- rPet.v.5,6- 
er, and be clothed with humility. Humble your- 
felves under the mighty hand of God, that he may 
exalt you in due time. I amnot worthy of the Gen32.10 
leaft of all thy mercies, which thou halt fhewed unto 
thy fervant. By the grace of God, lam what Iam. 1Corxvro 
He that humbleth himfelf fhall be exalted. For Mat.23.12 
thus faith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 1s. lvii. 15. 
eternity, whofe name is Holy ; I dwell in the high 
and holy place ; with him alfo I dwell, that is of a 
contrite and humble fpirit, to revive the fpirit of 
the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones. 
Bileded are the poor in {pirit, for theirs is the king- Mat. v. 3. 
dom of heaven.. 
| Self denial. 

Jefus faid, to his difciples, ifany man will come af- yfatxvia ba 
ter me, let him deny himfelf, and take up his crofs, 
and follow me. If thy right eye offend thée, pluck’ —v.29,30. 
It out, if thy right haad offend, cut it off, and cak 
it from thee, for it is better that one of thy members 
fhould perith, and not that thy whole body fhould be 
-catt into hell. If ye live after the fleth, ye fhall die. Rom.3.23, 
They that are Chrift’s, have crucified the flefh, with Gal.v. 24. 
the affections and lufts. Mortify therefore your mem- Coliiii.s,6. 
bers which are upon the earth, fornication, unclean- - 
| nels, inordinate affection, evil concupiicence, and 
covetoufnels, which is idolatry, for which things fake 
the wrath of God cometh on the children of difobedi- 
ence. Benotdeceived; God isnot mocked ; for whatfo- Cola 
| ever a man foweth, that {hall he alfo reap. For he that 
foweth to his flefh (or lives a carnal fenfual life) fhall 


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of the flefh reap corruption; but he that foweth to. 
the fpirit, (or lives a fpiritual holy life). thal! of the 
fpirit, reap life everlaftin Ne 
Refolution and Fortitude.- == 
Job xxvii. ‘Till T die, I will not remove mine integrity from 
s,6. me; my rightoufnefs I hold faft and will not let it 
go; my heart fhall not reproach me fo long as I live. 
‘Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due feafon we- 
Dan.tii.rg, {hall reap if we faint not. Be it known unto thee, O 
Xing, we will not ferve thy gods, nor worlhip the 
AQ@sxx.24 golden image thou haft fet up. None of thefe things 
move me, neither count I my life dear to myfelf, fe 
that I might finifh my courfe with joy. vn 
; Chearfulnefs. . 
Deurxviii, Serve the Lord thy God with joyfulnefS, and 
47. with gladne’s of heart for the abundance of all 
Eclviiizs. things. Man hath no better thing under the fin 
than to eat, and drink and to be merry, (chearful): 
for that {hall abide with him, of his labor,all the days: 
Pr. xv. 13, Of his life. A merry heart maketh a chearful coun-~ 
tenance, (and doeth good like a medicine) but by 
forrow of the heart, the Spirit is broken. Is any 
merry, let him fing pfalms. Rejoice im the Lord al-. 
ways, and again I fay, rejoice. God forbid that L 
fhould glory, fave in the crofs of our Lord Jefius 
Chrift, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I 
Adéts ii.46, unto the world. They continued daily with one accord: 
47- in the temple, and breaking bread, from houfe to. 
houfe, did eat their meat with gladnefs. of heart,. | 
prailing God, and having favour with all the people. 
Patience and fortitude, in adverfity. ee 
Lukxxitg In patience poflefs your fouls. Ye have need of 
Heb. x.36. patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye 
Prxxiv.ro might receive the promifes. | If thou faint in ‘the day 
Jam. v.15 Of adverfity, thy ftrength is fmall. Behold-we count: 
them happy, that endure. Ye have heard of the pa- 
tience of Job, and have feen the end of the Lord,. 
that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy. 
v, Motives to patience, and refignation. ~ 
1. Aflidiions come from God, 7 
Amosiii6é Shall there be evil in the city, and the “ Lord”? — 


Jam. v. 13 


Gal. vi. 14. 


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hath not done it? Affliction cometh not forth of Job v.6.. 
the duft, neither doth trouble fpring out of the 
ground. The Lord gave, and the ‘ Lord” hath — r. 2x. 
taken away, blefled be the name of the Lord. Af- gzrix.rg, 
ter all that is come upon us, for our evil deeds, our 
God hath punithed us lefs than our iniquities deferve. __ 
I will bear the indignation of the ‘ Lord,” becaufe Mic. viig. 
I have finned againit him. My fon, defpife not thou 
the chaltening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art 
rebuked of * him.’” 
- Afflision and death, the lot of all. 
In the world ye fhall have tribulation. It ts ap~ Johxvi.33. 
pointed unto men, once to die, but after this the Heb.ix.27 
judgment. Man that is born of a woman, is of few Jobxiv.1,2., 
days and full of trouble ;. he cometh forth as a flow- 
er and is cut down; he fleeth as a fhadow, and con- 
tinueth not. ‘The days of our years are threefcore Ps.xc. ro. 
years and ten; and if by reafon of ftrength they be 
fourfcore years, yet is their ftrength labour and: for- ’ 
row, for it is foon cut off and we fly away. One Jobxxi.23, 
dieth in his full ftrength, being whoily at eafe and 25-6. 
quiet ; another dieth in the bitternefs-of his foul, and. 

never eateth with pleafure; they fhall lie down alike 

in the grave, and the worms cover them.. Death is Jes.ix. 2x. 
come up into our windows, and is entered into our 

palaces, to cut off the children from. without, and the — 
young men from the ftreets.. And David the king 25¢™-xviii 
was much moved, and went up to his chamber and 93" 
wept ;. and as he went, he faid, O my fon Abfalom ! 

my fon, my fon Abfalom.! would God I had died. 

for thee, O Abfalom,, my fon, my fon. The grave Jobxviira 
ts mine houfe. I have faid to corruption, thou. art ; 
my father; to the worm, thou art my mother and 

my fifter. Set thine houfe in order, for thou fhalt 2Kinxx.r.. 
die and not live. So teach us to number our days, p, xo 12, 
that we may apply our hearts to wifdom.. Whatfo- Ecclix.1o, 
ever thy haad findeth to do, do it with all thy might, 

fcr there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor 
-wifdom in the grave, whither thou goeft. 

Affli@ions beneficial in their fruit, and final iffue.. : 

By this fhall Tage of Jacob be purged, and Is, xxvii.,. 

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ob 3431. this is all the fruit to take away { fin Surely ft 
ae meet to be faid unto God, I have borne ae 
Ps.cxix.67 Ment, I will not offend any more. Itis good for: 

7x. me that I have been afflicted. Before I shan oe 
Job xxxvi. I went aftray, but now I have kept thy word. 

8,9. men be bound in fetters, and be holden in. le oF 
-affliaion, then he fheweth them their tranfgreffions, 
that they have exceeded. He openeth alfo their ear 
to difcipline, and commandeth that they return from 

2 Chr. 33. iniquity. When he was in ——. befought the 

12 Lord his God, and humbled himfelf greatly before 

Romy.3,4. the God of Bie father’s. Tribulation heva Fa pa- 
' tience, and patience experience, and experience hope. 
Hebxiiro We have had fathers, who corrected us after their 
x1. own pleafure ; but God for our profit, that we 
might be partakers of his holinefs. Now, no chait- 

ening for the prefent feemeth to be joyous, but griev- 

ous; neverthelefs, afterwards it yieldtth the peacea- 

Job v. 17. ble fruits of righteoufnefs. Behold, happy is the 
Pr. tii.12. man whom God correé@eth. For whom Lord 
loveth, he correéteth, even as a father a fon in whom 
aXoriv.r7 he delighteth. For, our light affliétion which is but | 
for 2 moment, v worketh for us a far more Sxevedingy. 

and eternal weight of glory. 
Il. Benevolence intludey compaffion, rafts & ce 

1 Cor.xiii. Charity fuffereth long and is kind; charity envi- 

4-8. eth not ; charity vaunteth not ittelf, is not ala 
up; doth not behave itfelf unfeemly, feeketh not 
her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil ; 
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re joiceth i in the truth ; 
Beareth all things, believeth ail things, hopeth all 

tPetiv.8. things. Charity never faileth. Salona all things 
have fervent charity among yourfelves ; for charity 
1Jno.iv.16, fhall cover a multitude of fins.” God is love ; he 

20. that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in 
him. He that loveth not his brother whom he hath 

feen, how can he love God whom he hath not feen. 
rJnoiii.18 Let us love, not in word nor in tongue, but in deed, 
Rom. xiii. andin truth. Love worketh no ill to his Bapiione,” 

10. therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. See 1 Tim. 

1. 5. 1 Pets 1. 22s 


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 Compaffion and fympathy. 

To him that ag ele es thould be fhewed Job vi.1 4.. 
from his friend. Have pity upon me, have pity up- —xix.2r. 
on me, O my friends, for the hand of God hath 
‘touched me. Did I not weep for him that was in —*x% 25. 
trouble ? Was not my foul grieved for the poor? 
Who is weak, and T am not weak ? Who is offend- 2Cor.xi.29, 
ed, and I burn not? Rivers of waters run down Pfcxixr36 
mine eyes becaufe they keep not thy law. When Luke xix. 
Jefus beheld the city, he wept over it, faying, if thou 41, 4- 
hadft known, in this thy day, the things which belong 

“to thy peace ; but now they are hid from thine eyes. 
Remember them that fuffer adyerfity, being your- Heb:xiii.3. 
felves alfo in the body. Bear ye one another’s bur- Gal. vi. 2. 

_dens, and fo fulfil the law of Chrift. Be ye merci- Luk. vi.36. 
fal as your father in heaven is merciful. ‘They were Ames vi.6.. 
not grieved for the affliction of Jofeph. 

Gratitude. 

Say now to the Shunamite, behold thou haft 2Kiniv.r3 
been careful for us with all this care ; what is to be 
done for thee ? wouldeft thou be fpoken for to the 
king, or to the captain of the hoft? and fhe anfwer- e 
ed, I dwell among mine own people. Jefus faid, Luke xvii 
were there not ten (lepers) cleanfed ? But where is Ras ae 
the nine? There are not found, that returned to glo- 
rify God, fave this ftranger. 

Meeknefs. : 

Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart. Mat. xi.29. 
Whofe adorning let it be the hidden man of the heart, 1Pet. iii-4, 

_ the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which isin 

the fight of God, of great price. The wifdom that Jemitiz7. 

‘is from above, is firlt pure, then peaceable, gentle, 
eafy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, 
without partiality, and without hypocrify. Being zCoriv.ry: 
reviled, we blefs ; being perfecuted, we fuffer it; 13. 
being defamed, we entreat. With all lowlinefs and Ephiiv. 2 
meekne(s, with long fuffering, forbearing one another 

in love. 

é Condefcenfion. 

Mind not high things, but condefcend to men of Rom-xiix6- 
low eftate. Giving no offence in any thirg. If 2Corvi3, 


ee ; 
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r Cor. vili. meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flefh 
13, while the world ftandeth, left I make my brother:to 
offend. Sala aia > 
gauss AS sealed te Uakceee .<, 
rPetiiisr. Seek peace and enfue it. If it be poflible, as much. 
Rom.xii18 as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Abraham 
Genxiiit8 faid unto Lot,-let there be no ftrife, I pray thee,. 
between me and thee, and between my herdmen 
and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. See Judges 
Vill. 1-3. % 
Prudence and diferetion. [ 
Praiv. rs. . Lhe prudent man looketh well to his going. He 
— xxii. 3. forfeeth the evil and hideth himfelf, but the fimple 
—axxv.r7. pafS on and are punifhed. Withdraw thy foot from 
thy neighbour’s houfe (i. e. let not thy vifits be too 
frequent or too long) left he be weary of thee, and 
Luk.xiv28 fo hate thee. Which of you intending to build a 
a tower, fitteth not down firft and eounteth the coft, 
xCorx.73 Whether he have fufficient to finifh it. All things 
are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient.: 
Rom. xiv. Haft thow faith? have it to thyfelf before God. 
22.16. Let not your good be evil fpoken of. ‘The children 
Luk.xvit8 of this world are in their generation wifer than the. 
children of light. ae 
Friend pip: 
Praviii2, 44 man that hath friends muft fhew himfelf friend- 
—xxvii.ro ly. Thine own friend, and thy fathers friend forfake 
—xviir7.not. A friend loveth at all times. The foul of 
2 Sam.i.26 Jonathan was knit with the foul of David, and Jon-- 
rSam.xviii athan loved him as his own foul. O Jonathan, I 
z% am diftrefled for thee, my brother; very pleafant 
haft thou been to me ;. thy love to me was wonder- 
Ruthi.x16 ful, pafling the love of women.. And Ruth faid to: 
17. Naomi, entreat me not to leave thee, or to return. 
from following after thee ; for whither thou goelt, T 
will go; and where thou lodgeft, I will lodge ; thy 
people ihali be my people, and thy God my God ;. 
Where thou dieft I will die, and there I will be bu-- 
ried: The Lord do fo to me, and moge alfo, if onght. 
but death part thee and me. PPR } 


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; ; Hofpitality. 

_ Uf hofpitality one to another, without grudging: 1Petiv. 9 
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and behold three ¢*¥#* 

men ftood by him; and when he faw them, he ran *** 

_ to meet thém from the tent door, and bowed himfelf 

_ toward the ground, and faid, My Lord, if now I 

have found favour in thy fight, pafs not away, I 

pray thee, from thy fervant. Let a little water, I 

pray you, be fetched, and wafh your feet, and reft 

yourfelves under the tree ; And I will fetch a mor- 

tel of bread, and comfort your hearts ; after that 

you fhall pafs. on, And they faid, fo do as thou. 

haft faid. : 

Patriotifin, or public /pirit.. a 

He loveth our nation, and hath built for us a fyn- Puke vis 
agogue. Pray for the peace of Jerufalem: For my, Pscxxii. 6. 
brethren and companions’ fake, I will now fay, 

Peace be within thy walls, and profperity within thy 

palaces. If I forget thee, O Jerufalem, let my right ry 
hand forget her cunning: If I do not remember Pscxxxvik 
thee ; let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, |“ ” 

if I prefer-not Jerufalem to my chief joy. They lamin. 
helped every one his neighbour, and every one faid 

to his brother, be of good courage, From the time Neh. v14y 
I was appointed to be their gbvernor in the land of — 75 
Judah, twelve years, | and my brethren have not 

eaten the bread of the governor ; as. others did, fo. 

did not I, becaufe of the fear of God.. 

Decorum, civility, or good manners. 

Abftain from all appearance of evil. Charity x Theff. v.. 
doth not behave itfelf’unfeemly. ‘To every thing 22. _ 
there is a feafon, and a time to every purpofe under 1Cor.xiii.s 
the heaven. Abraham. ftood up and. bowed. himéfelf om aD 
_to the people of the land, and fpake unto Ephron-in 2,33. — 

the audience of the people, faying, if thou wilt give 
-it, I pray thee hear me ; I will give thee moncy for. 
the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead, 

ere. When thou art bidden (invited) of any man Lukxiv.2;, 
to a wedding, fet not down in the hicheft room, left 9, 10, 
a more honourable man be bidden ; But go and fit 
down, in the loweft place, that when he that bade. 


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thee cometh, he may fay unto thee, Friend, oup 
higher ; then fhalt thou have worfhip (i. e. refpect) 

in the prefence of them that fit at meat with: thee. 

Pr, xxv. 6, Put not forth thy/elf in the prefence of the ruler, and: 
7 ftand not in the place of great men, for better is it, 
that it be faid to. thee, come up hier, than that 

thou fhouldeft be put lower im the: prefence of ‘il 


ruler. 
Humanity toward brutes. 
Pr.xii. ro. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beaft, 
__ but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel 
Exxxuit9 Thou fhalt not feethe a kid in his. mother’s milk. 
Jonabiviz Should not I {pare Nineveh, that great city, wherein: 
are more than fixfcore-thoufand perfons that cannot 
difcern their right hand and left; and alfo “ much: 
cattle ?” Vid. Deut. xxii. 6 Levit.xxii.' 2800. 
2. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment re 
Difconient and murmuring. 
xCor.x.r0. Neither murmur ye as fome of them alfo mur- 
Numxiv.2 mured, and were deftroyed of the deftroyer. All 
the children of Ifrael murmured againft Mofes, and 
againft Aaron, faying, would God that we had died: 
in the land of Egypt, or, would God we had died in. 
Jonahiv.9. this wildernefs. Doeft thou well to be angry for the 
gourd? And Jonah {aid, E do well to be angry, even 
Lam.iii.39 unto death. Wherefore doth a living man complain, 
(or murmur, marg:) a man for the panifhment of 
Phil. ii.t4,his fins. Do all things bares: murmurings and. 
difputings. See 1 ppg xxl. 4, Jude Xvi. 


Jamiv.5. The fpirit that dweller? in us, lifteth to envy. 
Pr. xxvii.4. Wrath is cruel, and anger outrageous ; but who is 
Gal. v. 26.able to ftand before envy. Grudge not one againtt 
another. Let us not be defirous of vain glory, pro- 
Num.xi.29 voking one another ;: envying one another. Envieft - 
thou for my fake ? ‘Would God that all the Lord’s. 
Ps, xlix.16 people were prophets. Be not afraid when one is. 
made rich, when the glory of his houfe is ‘increafed. 
—xxxvii.r Neither be thou envious againft the workers of ini 
Nehii. ro. quity.. Sanballat and Tobiah grieved exceedingly, 
‘5 that there was come a man, to feek. the iene of | 


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the children of Ifrael. Ail this availeth me nothing, Efthv.13. 
fo long as I fee Mordecai, the Jew, fitting at the - 
king’s The patriarchs, moved with envy, fold A&s vig. 
Jofeph into Egypt. But :f ye have bitter envying, Jemiiiza, 
and ftrife in your hearts ; glory not, lie not againft 15,26 
the truth. This wifdom aeicendotls not frem above, 
but is earthly, fenfual, devilifh. For where envy and 
firife is, there is confufion, and every evil work. See 
I Sam. xvii. 28. 
Coveteoufnefs, and immoderate worldly cares. 

Take heed and beware of coveteoufnefs, for a man’s Luk-xii-15 
life (i.e. happinefs) confifteth not m the abundance 
‘of the things which he poffeffeth. Better is a little Pr. xv. 16. 
with the fear of the Lord, than great treafure, and 
trouble therewith. A little that a righteous man —Sxxvii1d 
hath, is better than the riches of many wicked. They x Tim. vi 
that will be rich fall into a fnare, and into many fool- 9, 10 
ith and hureful lufts, which drown men in deftruétion 
and perdition ;-for the love of money is the root of 
all evil ; which, while fome coveted after, they have 
‘erred from the faith, and pierced themfelves through 
‘with many forrows. - Take heed, left at any time Luk.xxi34 
your hearts be overcharged with the cares of this 
life. Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled —* 41-2 
about many things. One thing is needful. Labour Pr-xxiv.4. 
not to be nich. He that loveth filver fhall not be fat- Ec.v.10.13 
isfied with filver, nor he that loveth abundance, with 
fincreafe. Wilt thou fet thine eyes upon that which Prasiii. 5. 
is not ? Riches make themiélves wings, and fly away. — *+ + 
‘Riches profit not in the day of wrath. What is a Mat. xvi. 
man profited if he fhall gain the whole world, and = 26. 
lofe his own foul. How hardly fhall they that axe Mark x.23 
riches enter into the kingdom of God! Hath not Jom. ii. 5. 
God-chofen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and 
heirs of the kingdor: which he hath premiiedto them _ - 
that love him? Better is the poor that walketh m Pr-=xxviii.6 
is uprightnefs, than he that is perver{ in his ways, 
though he berich. A rich man faid, foul, thou hat Luke mb 
much goods laid up, for many years ; take thine eae, 79°? 4 
t, drink, and be merry : But God faid unto him, 
ou fool, a thy foul thall be required of thee ; 


84 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


then whofe fhall thofe things be which thow haft pro 

Ps. Ixii.to Vided. If riches increafe, fet not your heart upon 

Matvirg. them. Lay not up for yourfelves treafures on earth. 
Joh. vi.27. Labour not for the meat that perifheth. Set your 
Coliii.2. affections on things above, not on the earth. No 
Mat.vi.24- man can ferve two mafters; ye cannot ferve God 
Jam. iv. 4.and mammon. The friendfhip of the world is en- 
2Tim.4.10 Maity to God. Demas hath forfaken me, having lovs 
1 Johiixs ed this prefent world. Love not the world, neither 
the things that are in the world. If any man love 

the world, the love of the Father is not in him. See 

Eccl. v. 12, Mat. vi 25-34. & xix. 24. Ps. lix, Os 

& xvii. 14. 
Vices, oppofite to *« Peo weg heidi 
nels. 

Phil. iia. All feek their own, ~~ the things: which are Jefus 
Luk.vi.32, Chrift’s. If ye love them which love you, and do 
33- — good to them that do good to you; what reward have 
aTim. iii. ye, for finners alfo do the fame: Men fhall be lovers 
3-4 of their ownfelves, covetous, boafters, proud, blaf- 
phemers, difobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy; 
without naturdl affection ; lovers of pleafure, more 
‘than lovers of God: And Nabal faid, who is David, 


* Sam.xxv. 


ro,1r, and who is the fon of Jefle; theré be many fervants . 


now a days; that break away, every one from his maf: 
ter ; {hall I then take my bread, and my water, and 


my flefh, that { have killed for my fhearers, aid give | 


it unto thea prem I know not whence they be ? 
_ Pride and haughtingfes— 
Romaxied Be not high minded, but fear: What haft thon} 
1Cor.iv.7 that thou di ‘dit, not receive} and why doit thou glos 
Rane (or boait) as if thou hadft not received it? Eve- 
ry one that is proud in heart, is an abomination to the 


3 


Jam. iv. 6. Lord. God refifteth the proud, but giveth: grace to 
Ps.xii.3,4, the humble. The Lord fhall cut of t apg that — 
" Speaketh pyraed, things. Who have faid, our nhs are . 


7 SEAS 


ey walked in hs silane he faid, is not this Beas 
Babylon that I. have built, for the houfe of the king:. 


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_ ‘dom, by the might of my power, and for the honour 
-of my majefty ? While the word was in his mouth, 
and when his heart was lifted up, and his mind har- 
dened in pride, there fell a voice from heaven, faying, 
O king, thy kingdom is departed from thee; and he 
was depofed from his kingly throne, and driven from 
the fons of men, to dwell among the beatts of the field. 
Beware, left thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Deu. viii. 
the Lord thy God. II-14. 
Self conceit, and prefumption. 

Lean not to thine own underftandng. He that Prov. iii. 
trufteth in his own heart is a fool. Hazael faid, is Pr. 28.26. 
thy fervant a dog that he fhould do this thing? And #5». vii 
| Peter anfwered, though I fhould die with thee, yet ies “ee 
‘will I not deny thee. Seeft thou a man wile in his p,y.yiz> 
own conceit, there is more hope of a fool, than of 
him, The fluggard is wifer in his own conceit, than —sxvi.r6. 
feven men that can render a reafon. God, I thank Luk.z3.1¢ 
thee that I amy not as other men are. Stand by thy 1s. Inv. 5. 
| felf, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. 

No doubt, but ye are the people, and wifdom {hall Job xiiz,3 
| die with you; but I have underftanding as well as 
) you. 

eta ie Ambition. : 

Seekeft thou great things for thyfelf; feek them Jer.xlv. 6. 
tot. Diotrephes loveth to have the preeminence. 3 John 94 
Jefus faid, whofoever will be great, or chief, among Matzx.27 
_ you, let him be your fervant; even as the fon of 28. 
man came not to be miniftered unto, but to minif- 
ter. 

: Unfriendline/s. 

And Abfalom faid to Huthai, is this thy kindnefs to 2 samavi. 
thy friend 2, why wenteft thou not with thy friend? x7. 
Mine own familiar friend in whom 1 trufted, which Ps. xii. g. 
did eat of my bread, hath lift up his heel againft 
/me. It was not an enemy that reproached me, then a-ly.12,13. 

I €ould have borne it; but it was thou, a man, mine 
equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 
Ingratitud:. ; 

Shall evil be recompenced for good? Whofo ren- Jet-12.20. 

reth evil for good, act fhall not.depart from his Praviis 


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* Gen.xl. 23 houfe. The chief butler remembered not Jofepli, 
EcLix.14, but forgat him. There was a little city befieged, 
15- with a few men in it; now there was found a poor 
wife man, who by his-wifdorn delivered the city ; 
“Wa. iv. 5, yet no man remembered the fame:poor man. What 
‘could have been done more to my vineyard that I 
have not done in it ; wherefore, when I looked that 
it fhould bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild 
Jobxxiiry STAPES- Thou faid unto God, depart from us, what 
18... can the Almighty do? yet he filled théir houfes with 
Deutxxxii good things. Jefhuran waxed fat aes then 
15-  -he-forfook the God that made him. “ 
1 quarrelfome and contentious te 

"how ivi. -A foft anfwer turneth away wrath, but gnaichs 
xii. 13, Words ftir up ftrife. There is that fpeaketh like the 
—xx.3. piercings ofa fword: It is an honour toa man to ceafe 
—axvii.r4. from ftrife ; Gut ev ery fool will’be meddling. The 
beginning of ftrife is as when one Jetteth out water; 
therefore leave Of contention beforé it is meddled 
—xxvi.r7 With. He that paffeth by, and meddleth with ftrife; 
belonging fot to him, is like one Whe taketh a dog 
~—vi.t6. by the ears. Seven things are an abomination to the 
*9 Lord; a proud look, a lying tongue, and him -that 
_ foweth: difcord among brethren. It is’better to’ dweil 
‘in 2 corher of the houfe top, than with a brawling wo: - 
‘Ps. cxx.7. Man, na wide ‘houfe: i am for peace, but when I 
Cor. iii, fpeak, they are for war; There is among you ‘éfivy- 
3:4. mg, and frife; and divifions ; are ye not carnal, and 
walk as men? For while orte faith, J am of Paul, and 
another, ‘Iam of Apollos, are ye not carnal ? From 
whence ‘tome wars and contentions among you? id 
‘Come they not hénte, even of your lafts that war in 
‘Gal. v.15. your members ? If ye bite and devour one another; 

take heed, that ye be not coifiimed one of another. 
Churlifonefs. ak <a : 
San He is fiich ‘a ‘fin of ‘Behal thata men vandot fpeak 

Sd ZY. 

x7, to him: . 


om XXI 


Jam. tv. Y. 


Secr. 20) : 

, What are thofe commands cul lia aly als iy , if 
us Ch ye S ay ij 
us rT, ) 


S34. aS T.  w eothiinatidliaalite give I unto youl; 


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that ye love one another ; as I haye loved you, that 

ye alfo love one another. . 

2. If thy brother trefpafs againft thee feven times Luk-xvii-, - 
in a day, and feven times in a.day turnagain to thee, 
faying, I repent; thou fhalt forgive him. 

3. I fay unto you; love your enemies, blefs them Mut. v.44. - 
that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them that defpitefully ufe and perfecute you. 

4. Verily I fay unto you, whatfoever ye fhall afk Job-rvi.2z 
the Father ia my name, he will give it you. Hither: 74 
to ye have-afked nothing in my name ; afk.and ye 
fhall receive, that your joy may be full. Whatfo- Coliii.z7. 
ever ye do in word.or deed, do all in. the name of - 
the Lord Jefus. . tae 


Sect: 24.- 
Q. £5 there-any-man able, in this life, perfeéily to keep 
the commandments of Ged ? 


A, There is not a juft man on‘earth that doeth Eclvii.20. 
good, and finneth not.. What is man, that he fhould Job xv. 14. 
be clean, and he which is born of a woman, that he 
fhould be righteous. Who can fay, I have Pr.xx. 9. 
made my heart clean, I am pure from fin ? 

If-we fay that we have no- fin, we deceive 1 Joh.i.8. 
ourfelves, and*the-truth- isnot in. us;.we'make 10. 
Goda. liar, and) his word is not in us. In Jam-iti. 2. 
many things we offend all. If any man offend not G2 v-27- 
in word, the fame is a-perfe& man. The flefh luf 

teth againit the {pirit, and the fpirit azainft the flefh, 

and thefe are contrary the one to the other, fo that 

ye cannot do the thing-that ye would. God faw Gen. vi. 5, 
that the wickednefs of man was great in the earth, 

and that every imagination of the thoughts of his 

heart was only-evil continually. The carnal mind is Romviii.7 
enmity agamit God, for it is not fubje& to the law 

of God, neither indeed can be.. The heart of the Eccl ix. 3.- 
fons of men is full of evil, and madnefs is in their 

heart while they live.. Are we better than they? no Romiii. 9.- 
in no wife, for we have before proved, both Jews, 19-23. - 
and Gentiles, that they are all under fin; all have 

| fmned and come fhort ef the glory of God; _ every 

mouth is ftopped, and ail the world become guilty 

before God. 


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Q. Are all tranfgreffions of the law erally beinowe ® 
Jerxviz. 4. You have done worle than your f ” 


Joi.xix.it that deliveréd- me unto thee, ‘haththe’ greater fin. 
Ps. xix.13. Keep back thy fervant from prefumptuous fins; valgie 
fhall 1 be innocent from-the great’ tranfgreflion.. 


See 1 John v. 16. - | Redl ehenrMngAs pee 
Sin is aggravated. ; gril wean AN ED 0 iS 
By light and kangiiiilpest esther. s “2 


Jol.ava2 If Thad: not come and Spokeesen chasethilsgy had: 
not fin; but now they have no cloak for their fin. 

zTim.i13 obtained mercy, becaufe I did it ignorantly in unbe+ 
“Luk.xii.g8 lief. The fervant that knew not his.mafters will, and’ 
did commit thing worthy of ftripes, thall be beaten 

Johiii rg. with few ftripes. This is the condemnation, that 
light is come into the world, and men loved dark-- 

nefs rather than light, becaufe their deeds were evil.. 

Mat.xi.2z1 Wo unto thee Chorazin, wo unto thee Bethfaida, for 
if che mighty werks whieh were done im you, had: 

been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would. have rea. 

pented long ago in fackloth and-afhes. = 
: —Affidion and judgments, ~~ 
_aChxxviii. In the time- -of his diftrefadid: he trefpafs yet more - 
22.  againft the Lord, this. is. that king Ahaz, | [have: 
Amosiv.9. fmitten you with blafting and:mildew ;~ I have fent- 
a among you;. peftilence: al the fword; and ye were. 
as a firebrand plucked out of the burning, yet have- 
Ha. i. 5. Ye not returned to me faith the Lord. 

ye be fixriken any more, ye. will: yeaa “more and. 


nae 7 — 4 a 
——_Mercies. and deliverance... Se 
Feraixx3  /Sfter all that is come upon. us for our evil 


14.” and for our great trefpafs, feeing that our G 
punifhed us lefs than our iniquities deferve, and hath. 
given us fuch deliverance as this, fhould we again. 
break his commandments ? Would he not. be angry. 

- Jer. ii. ax, With us, till he had confumed us ? 2 I fpake unto thee. 

in thy. profperity, but thou. faidh, a will not hear.;. 
and this hath been thy manner from, thy youth. 

Maia. Hear O heavens, and give ear) @ earth, for the: 

Lord hath fpoken; J have nourifhed.and brought. 
up children, and they have rebelled a They- 


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remembered not the multitude of his mercies, but 
provoked him at the fea, even at the red fea. 
By reproof and admonition. 

Better is a poor and wife child, than an old and Eccl.iv.rg - 
foolifh king, who willno more be admonifhed. He Pr. xxix.z. 
| that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, fhall 
fuddenly be deftroyed, and that. without remedy. 
Vows and promifes. 

When thou vowelt a vow unto God, defer not to Eol. v.4,'5. - 
pay it, for he hath no pleafure in fools... Better is it 
that. thou fhouldit not vow, than to vowand not pay. 
Seeing he hath defpifed the oath, by breaking the Ezek. xvii. - 
covenant, (when lo he had given his hand) and hath 18, 19. 
done all thefe things; as I live, faith the Lord God, 
furely I will recompenfe it on his own head. I will pey.a6.25: ; 
| bring a fword upon you that fhall avenge, the quar- - 
| rel of my covenant. - 
—Eagernefs and delight in finning.”- ' 
They rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frow- Pr. ii: 14, '- 
| ardnels of the wicked. They weary themfelves to Hos. iv. 8. - 
commit iniquity. - ‘They eat-up the fin of my people, Job xv. a. 
and drink iniquity like water. . Knowing the judg- Rom.i. 3 - 
| ment of God,. that they which commit fuch things 
are worthy of death ;-not only do the fame, -but have - 
*-pleafure’’ in them -that:do them:~ 

: Frequency and deliberation.- 

Wo to them that-devife- iniquity, and work evil on ygie-i:. go°. 
| their: beds ; when the morning is light they practife 
|. it, becaufe it is im the power of their hand. Becaufe Num. xiv.+- 
all thofe men who have feen my glory; and my mir- 42 
} acles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernefs, . 
} have tempted and provoked me now thefe “ fen times’’; . 
Surely they fhall not fee the land which I {ware unte » 
| their fathers: : 


Fafluence and example. 

| They declare their fin as Sojom, and hide it not: -Maliii. 9.» 
| Wo unto you, {cribes and pharifees, hypocrites! for Mat. xxiii. 
ye compafs fea and land, to make one profelyte; and 15 

}/ when he is made, ye make him two fold more the 

| child of hell, than yourfelves. And his mother faid Gon sev. 
} unto him, upon fa bethy curfe; my fon; only obey. 14... 

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xSam.i24 my voice. Nay, my fons ;: for it is s no good report: 
that I hear ; ye makethe Lord’s people to tranferefs. 
1 Kingxiv jeroboam, the fon of Nebat, did decanted [frael: 
i 1g, © Gn. Wo unto themthat draw iniquity: ees: 
v 18, 
and fin, as it were, with a cartrope.. = |) | 
By impudence, and eae nr i. Pentti Sat 
Jer. vi.1gs: Were they siecned rE a committed abomi 
—iii.3. nation, nay they had a whore’s forehead, they were: 
Pr. vii.r3; not at all afhamed, neither could-they bluth, So. 
fhe caught him, and kiffed him, and with an impu> 
Ps.lii' 1. dent face. Why boafteth thou thyfelf in-mifchief, .O- 
Numxvgothou mighty man. The foul that doth ought * pre- 
_ fumptuoufly,”’ reproacheth the Lord, and ‘that foul 
fhall be cut off. Thou fhalt take- “him from mine. 
altar, that he may die. Evite 
Obftinacy, and continuance in fun 
Jer.vi.x6; Thus faith the Lord, ftand ye in the way, ls oad 
afk for the old paths, where is the good way; and. 
walk therein and ye fhall find reft to your fouls ; - 
Jno. v.45. But they faid we will not walk therein. Ye will net 
Ps, xxi, come unto me that ye might have life. My people 
11,12. would not hearken tomy voice. They ftopped their 
Jer-v- ears, and refufed to receive correétion 5 they made 
_.. their hearts. as an» adamant ftone,. eer their faces 
Zechviie harder than a rock ; they refufed to return, but went 
-en frowardly in the way of their own hearts ; fo I 
Eccl. vi. gave them up to their own hearts lufts. Becaufe 
r1. dentence againft an evil work is not {peedily executed, 
therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in 
Exod. v. z. them-to do evil. And Pharaoh faid, who is the ree 
that I thould obey his voice, to. let Ifrael go ; 
know-not the Lord, neither will I let Mfrael ni 
‘Rom. ii. 5. But after thy. hardnefs. and impenitent heart, thou 
treafureft up unto thyfelf, in hrs ngs noe day 


of wrath. 
seeded scfm as a. ha 
Prviirs. I have peace offerings with me 5. this dies “ied I 
18. paid my vows ; come let us take our fill of love un- 
Mat. xxiii, til the morning.. Wo unto yous; for ye devour 
14. widows houfes, and for a pretence make. Jong pray-— 
ers; therefore ye {hall receive the greater damnation. 


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When ye come together into one place, this is not to Cor-tigo> 
eat the Lord’s fupper.. For in eatingeveryone tak- 77 
eth before other his own fupper ; and: one is hungry 


| . and the other is- drunken. Behold ye fait for ftrife Ifalviii4,5.. 


|. and debate, and to fmite with the fift.of wickedneds ; 
' is it fuch a faftthat I have chofen?: Will ye fteal, Jer. vii-g,- 
murder, and commit adultery, and fwearfalfely, and 10. 
burn incenfe: to Baal, and-walk. after other gods, 
whom ye know not, and come and ftand before me, . 
in this houfe, which is called by my name, and fay’ 
we are delivered-to do all thefe abominations? See 1. 
Kings, xxi. ge 14:- 

; 3 Charader ‘of the perfons offending.- 

Thou that teacheft another, teacheit thou not thy- Rom.ii2z. 
- felf? Thou that preacheft a man {hould not fleal, % 
doft thou fteal? Days fhould fpeak and. the multi- Job x=tii,- 
tude of years fhould teach wifdom. But greatmen ‘9 
are not always wife, neither do the- aged underftand 
judgment... Thefe are poor and ignorant, they know Jer. ¥- 455: - 
not the way ofthe Lord. Iwill go and fpeak to the 
great men for they have known ;_ but thefe have al- 
together broken the yoke and burft the bonds. 
Thus faith the Lord God, I anointed thee (David) 2 Sam. xii. 
King over Iitael ; I delivered thee out of the hand 7-9 
Saul ; I gave thee thy mafters houfe, and thy maf- 
ters wives into thy bofom; and gave thee the houfe of 
Ifrael and. Judah, and if that had- been too little, I 
would, moreover have given unto thee fuch and fuch 
things. Wherefofe halt thou defpifed the command-. 
ment.of the Lord; to-do evil: in his fight ? 
x Charaéler of the perfons injured. - 
~ Were ye> not. afraid to: fpeak againtt. my fervant Num. xii3 
Mofes ? The child behaves. himfelf prowdly againft ifs. iii. 5. 
the antient, and the: bafe againft the honourable 
They difpife dominion, and fpeak evil Of dignities. Jude 8. 
Whofo fhall offend one of thefe which believe in me, Mat. xviii. - 
it were-better for him that a milftone were hanged 
about his neck, and: he drowned in the depth of the 
fea. Wher ye fin againft the brethren, and.wound ¢ Cor. viii 
their weak confcience, ye fin againft Chrift. Tfthy 12. 
brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkeft thow Rom. xiv. 


‘on? _ SCRIPTURE CATECHISM.. 


25-41- not charitable ; deftroy, not him with thy meat, for® 
whom Chri died. It is good neither to: eat fieth,. 
nor to drink wine, nor any thing: ee ee 
er ftumbleth, or is offered salen made weak, — ; 

When the obje, or being offended, is infinite in dignity. ven 
rSamiies If one ae! fin me another, the judge fhall- 
judge him ; but if'a man fin againft the Lord, who. 
Ac.v.4. fhall intreat for him? Why halt thou conceived this - 
thing in thy heart, thow haft not lied unto men, but 
Heb. x.28, unto God. If he that defpifed Motes’ law died with-- 
29. out mercy, of how much ferer punifhment fhall he - 
_ be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the © 
Son’ of God, and hath done defpite to the fpirit of : 
Eph.iv.jo. grace. Grieve not the holy {pirit, whereby ye are 
Heb.v.4-7. fealed to the day of redemption. For it is impoffible’- 
for thofe who were once enlightened, and have taf- - 
ted the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of — 
the Holy Ghoft; and have tafted of the good word of- 
God, and the powers of the world to come, if they 
fall away, to renew them again unto repentance, fee- - 
ing they. crucify to.themfelyes: ers ~— sage cl 
put him to open fhame.-. © . 
Q. . What dath every fin defers’ PS et 
Ron.623., A. The em of fin is death; The foul that 
Ezek.18.4 finneth, it fhall die... W-hofoever fhall keep the whole 
Gal. iti.10. law-and yet offends intone point is guilty of all. Curfed « 
Corvi-d, is every one that continueth’not in all.things written : 
‘in the book of the law to-do. a a. 
that the unrighteous fhall not inhefitit of : 
God? Bé not»: deceived +: neither fornicato ia 
idolaters, nor ‘adulterers,’ nor <citeiab late vabuf- 
ers of themfelve§ with mankind,‘nor# thieves, nor~ 
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, mor extortion. - 
Gal. v.29- ers, fhall inherit» the. kingdom of God.'. The works - 
az of the flefh are manifeft, which arethefe; Adultery, . 
fornication, uncleanneds, lafcivioufnels, idolatry, witch- - 
craft, hatred, ‘variance, emulations,’ wrath, ftrife, fe-- 
ditions, herefies,: envyings,” murders,* drunkennefs, . 
revellings, and fuch like, of which 1 ‘have told you, , 
that they which do fuch things, fhall-not inherit the - 
kingdom of God. But the fearful and unbelieving < 


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_and‘ the abominable, and murderers, and whoremon- 
ers, and forcerers, and idolaters, and all lyars, 

thall have their part in the lake which burneth with 

fire and brimftone, which is. the fecond death. If ,periisg, 
God {pared not the angels that finned, but caft them 

down to hell, and-delivered them into chains of dark- ; 
-nefs, to be referved unto- judgment. The Lord 2Theli7-- 
knoweth how to referve the unjuft unto the dayof 7° 
judgment to be punifhed: The Lord. Jefus fhall. 

be revealed. from heaven. with his mighty angels 

in flaming fire, taking. vengeance on. them that know 

not God, and that obey not the gofpel of our Lord 

Jefus Chrift; who fhallée punifhed with everlafting: 
deilrustion, from. the prefence of the Lord, and, 

the glory of his power; when he fhall. come to be 
glorified, in his faints; and be admired in all them: 

that believe, in that day.. 

Q.. What.doth-God require of us that we may ef. 
cape bis wrath and curfe due tous for fin. 

A. Repentance towards God, and faith toward A@sxx2r- 
our Lord Jefus Chrift. Not every one that faith un- Matwiizz: 
to me Lord; Lord, fhall enter into the kingdom: of. 
heaven, but he that. doeth the will of my Father. 

_ which is. im. heavens. 

SECT. 22% 

Q.. What-is faith in Fefus Chrift ?’ 

4. Faith is. the, fubftasce of things Roped: for, peb. siz. 
the evidence of things not feen., With the heart Romx.1o. 
man believeth unto righteoufnefs.. If thou believ- Ads viii, 
eft with all thine heart ; and he faid, I believe that 37. 
Jefus Chrift is the-Son of God.. Iam the refurrec+ Jno. xias-. 
} tion andthe life, believeft. thou this ? fhe. faith: unto 27. 
| him, yea. Lord, I believe that thou. art. the Chrift 
the fon-of God, who fhould come into the world. 
Whofoever believeth that Jefus is the Chrift, is born. John wit. 
} of God.. This is the work of God, that ye believe —vi. 29... 
} on him whom he hath fent.. If thou: fhalt confefs.Rom.x.9.. 
}} with thy mouth, and believe in- thine heart, that: _ 

} God raifed him from the dead, thou fhalt be faved. 
} Being “* filly perfuaded,”? that what God had prom- _.3y.25 ap 
} i&ed, he. was able.to perform, aud therefore it. was. ; 


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imputed to him for righteoufnefs ; and.to us alfe 
it thall be imputed, if we believe on him that raif- 
Hebsi.z3.ed up Jefuus our Lord from: the dead.. Thefe all. 
died in faith, not having received - abe promifes, but - 
having feen. them afar off, and were ‘* perfuaded” of 
them, and embraced them. I know i in whom-I have 
elieved, (or trufted) and am.“ perfuaded’? he is able 
Phil.iii.8,9 to keep that which I have committed to him. I count 
all things but lofs for the excellency of. the knowledge - 
of Chritt, my Lord ; that Ismay win Chrift, and be- 
found in him ; not having mine own-_righteoufnels, 
which is of the law, but that which is through the 
faith of Chrift;. the righteoufnefs which is of God by 
Remiiiza faith. Unto all, and upon all them thatebelicve 5 3 
for there is no difference... - 
Faith; how obtained. 
- Eph.ii.g. By grace are ye faved, through faith ; -and ‘that 
Rem.x.17. not of ‘yourfelves, itis the gift of God. Baidh.conkcth: , 
rCor.xvir by heasing; and hearing by the word of God. So. 
we preach, and fo ye believed. \ 
Influence and effedis of Faith. 
Boh waa: Faith worketh by love, purifying their” hearts ie 
Actzy.19. faith. Aman is jufified by faith. Through hisname, . 
—x. 43. whofoever believeth in him fhall receive remifiion of 
Romiv.s. fins.. T'o him that werketh not, butbelieveth on him - 
that juftifieth the. ungodly, his faith is counted for 
Galiii26. righteoufnefs. Ye are the children.of Gad, by faith in 
1 Joh.iv.s. Chrit Jefus.. This isthe vitory that overcometh. the’ 
Galii.2o... world, even. our faith.. The life which I now live in: 
3 Cor.v.7. the fleth, J Jive, by the faith of the Sonof God. We 
rPet.i.s, walk by faith, nat by fight. We are kept by the - 
Mark xvi, power of God, through faith, unto falvation. He 
x6. that believeth and is baptized, ihall be faved ; -but he 
Jamil. 20, that believeth not, {hall be damned. But faith with- - 
22. out works is dead.. Was not Abraham, our father, . 
juftified by works, when he offered Iaac, his fon, on : 
the altar ? Seeft thou how faith wrought er ' 
and dy works was faith made pelfitior see 
Q. What.és repentance unto life? 
Ps.38.18. 4. 1 will be forry for my fin. fT have done 
Jeb 34.32- iniquity I_ will do no more... 


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| ‘Repentance unto life implies, 
Confideration. ' 

‘I thought on “my ways, ‘and turned ‘my feet Pscxix. 59 
“unto thy teftimonies. O that they were wile, that Deu32.29 
“they underftood this, that they would confider their 
latter end. My people do not canfider. They conjid- Eccl. v. 3. 
‘er not that they do evil. 

| Conviétions t 

Wheti the fpirit is come, he will reprove (or 'con- Joh xvir8 
‘vince) the world of fin, and of righteoufnefs, an 
~of judgment. Know and feethat'it is an evil and Jer, ii. x9, 
-bitter thing, that thou haft forfaken the Lord thy 
God, and that his fear isnot inthee: When they Ad@sii.37. 
» heard this, they were pricked ‘in their hearts, and 
daid, what fhall we do? : 

Humiliation: fe 
The lofiy looks of man fhall be “ Aumbled, *? and lsai.ii. 1%: 
| the haughtinefs of man fhall be “ owed dowa,”? 
| andthe Lord alone fhall be exalted, in that day. 
Af then their uncir¢umcifed hearts be “ humbled, ”? Lev. xvxi. 
-and they accept of the-punifhment of their fin, then 4 
‘will I remernber my covenant with Abraham, and 
| I will not caft them away. A broken and conirite ps ii. 17, 
heart, God will not defpife. , 

Goafefion. 

| J will declare mime iniquity ; I acknowledge my Ps. li. 3:4. 
|| tranfereffions, my-fin is ever before me. Againit 
thee, thee only have 'l finned, and done this evil in 
| thy fight. T will confefs my tranfgreflions unto the —xxxii. 5. 
| Lord, and thou forgaveft the iniquity of my fin. He ‘proxxviii. 
| that covereth his fins fhall not profper, but wlofo 13. 
| ‘confeffeth and forfaketh them, fhall have mercy. 

Sorrow and motirning. i‘ 
|. Iwill be forry for my fin, my forrew is continually Ps, 38.17 
| beforeme. Peter went out and wept bitterly. Be Mat.26.75 
affliated, and mourn, and weep ; let your laughter Jam. iv. 9. 
“be turned into mourning, and your joy into héavinefs. 
| They fhall look on him whom they have pierced, and Zecaii.xo. 
| fhall mourn as one mourneth for his only fon ; and 
| dhiall be in bitternefs, as one that is in bitternefs for 

‘His firt born, I have furely heard Ephraim bemoan Jer.r.18: 


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ing himfelf, thus ; Thou haft chaftifed me, and I tas 
chattifed ; turn thou me, and i ‘aaltee turned 5 for 

‘thou art the Lord my God. Mt AG Aote iki 

Shame and -remorfe. teh OH 
Jer. rxxi. After I was tnrned, I repented; and after I was 
19 inftruéted, I fmote on my thigh: I was'afhamed, yea, 
even confounded, becaufe I did bear the reproach of 
“Genxliiax my youth. We are verily guilty concerning our 
brother, in that we faw the-anguifh ‘of his foul, when 
he befought us, and we would not hears therefore is 
Prxviii.r4 this diftrefs come upon -Us. — A wounded fpirit, who 
Rom.vi.21 can bear? What -fruit had ye then in thofe things, 
whereof ye ‘are now * ects ”? for theend of thofe 


things is death. 
Hatred and iadligtitios.* ace 

Ezkxxxvi. Then fhall ye remember your own evil ways and 

_ 3% doings, that were not good ; and fhall loathe your- 
felyes in your own fight, for your iniquities, and - 

nCor.viirr YOUr abominations. Behold ye forrowed, after a 
ly fort ; what carefulnefs it wrought in you ; en, 
what “ indignation, ” what fear, what vehement de- 
fire, what zeal ; yea, what revenge. In all things, 
ye have approved yourfelves to be clear ft this matter. 

Converfion, or turning from fin unto God. 

Joel ii. 13. Rend your heart, and not your ents, anid turn 
unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and 
merciful, flow to anger and of great kindnefs, and re- 

Wa.lv. 7. penteth him of the evil. Let the wicked forfake his 
way, and the unrightecus man his thoughts 5 3 and let 
him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy on 
him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

Neceffity of repentance. 

AG: 9 Repent and be converted, that your fins may be 

xvii, 30, blotted out. God now commandeth all men, every 

Luk. xiii. S where, to fepent. Except ye repent, ., fhall all likes 
wife perifh. 

Repentance, how obtained. 

A@s v.31. Him hath Ged exalted, te be a priticd ‘aad: a ey: 
iour ; to “ give repentance” to Hirael, a pera 

ifa. i 26, of fins. Wath thy heart from wickednefs ; wath, 
make you clean; put away the evil of your doings 


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| Sfoni.before mine eyes; ceafe to do evil, learn to do : 
| well. The goednels of God leadeth to repentance. Rom iia, 


‘See 2Tim. it.25. 
1) ee Fruits of Repentance. * 
Break -off, your fins by righteoufnefs, and bring paniv.2y. 


_ forth frmits meet for repentance. Godly forrow Matiii.8. 


~worketh repentance to falvation, not to be repented 2Cor..vii. 
-of, but the forrow of the wold worketh death. 7% 


 Blefed are they that mourn, for they fhall be com- Mat... 4. 


forted. If we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft 1 Jno..i. 9. 
to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all un-: 
-righteoufnefs. Blefled is he whofe tranfgreflion is Ps. xxxiiz. 
‘forgiven, whofe finsis-covered. Joy fhall bean hea- Lukxv.7. 
“wen over one finner that repenteth. 
The folly and danger of delaying repentance. 
Behold now is the accepted time, now is the day ,¢oxwiii. 


of falvation. To day, if yerwill hear his voice, har- Ps. xcv. 7. 
| den not your hearts. I made hafte, and delayed —cxix. 6. 
mot to keep thy commandments. 


SECT. 23. 
Q. What are the ordinary means of falvation ?. 
A. Search the fcriptures, for in them ye have Jno.v.39. 
eternal life, and they teltify of me. ‘They have Mo- Luk. xvi. 
jes and the prophets ; if they hear not them, neither 37+ 


'will.they be perfvaded, though one rofe from the 


dead. 1 am not afhamed of the gofpel of Chrift, for it Rom. i.16. 


| Gs the power of God unto falvation, to every one . 
} ‘that believeth. It pleated God,'by preaching to fave 1Cor.i.2t. 


‘them that believe. They continue daily with one AG.ii.42. ° 


} «accord in the temple, and-in the Apoftle’s doctrine 


and fellowfhip, and in breaking bread, and in pray 


| ers, and the Lord added’ to the church, daily fuch 
| as thould be faved. 


Q. How is the word made effe&ual tofalvation ? 
d. As means of divine appointment, the word 


| Sof God, both read,-and preached, tends 


Lo enlighten and convince. 
The commandment of the Lord, is pure enlightens Ps. xix.8, 
"mg the eyes. ‘The word of ‘God is quick and pow- Heb.iv.12. 


-ertul tharper than any two edged fword, piercing even 


to the dividing afunder of foul and {pirit, and of the 
I ; 


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joints and marrow, and is a difcerner ‘of thoughts 
Aa. xziv. and intents of the heart. When Paul reafoned of 
45¢ — righteoufnefs, temperance and judgr to come, 
Felix trembled and faid, go thy for this bre 
when I have a convenient feafon I I; pe fox thee 
aChrxsxiv When the king heard the words < 
%9-27_  Shaphan the fcribe read! before him, h 
x Cor. xiv. humbled himéelf, and, did weep | 
7475: come in (to your a affembly) one iat! Rawat, not, 
he is couvisiesek and the f screts of his heart made 
manifeft, and fo falling down on his face, he will 
worfhip God, and report that es | sens a 
a truth. 


* 


To convert: SA A 
‘Psxix. 7. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting ‘the 
Cor.x. 5. foul. Cafting down imagination, and every high 
thing that exalteth itfelf againft the knowledge of 
God, and bringing into captivity every thought to. 
A. xxvi. the obedience of Chriit. Now I fend thee to the 
17-18. Gentiles, to open their eyes, and to turn them from 
darknefs to light, and from the power of fatan, unto 
God ; that they may receive forgivenefs of fins, 
—viiizo. Philip hearing the Eunuch read the prophet Efaias, 
35- he opened his mouth, and began at the fame {cripture, 
d and preached unto him Jefus ; and the Eunuch be- 
~~iv.4. lieved and was baptized. And many of them that 
~<ii4r. heard the word, believed 5 and they that gladly Tee 
ceived the word were baptiaed’s ; and the fame day 
there was added unto them about three ‘thoufand 
fouls. _ doing: 
To fantlify: * fai tei oM 
Jnoxviir? . Sanétify them through thy truth, yes word is truth. 
—xv.3. Now are ye clean through the word which I have 
a.Coriii.28 {poken unto you. We all with open face beholding as 
in a glafs, the glory of the Lord, are chang d into 
the fame image from glory to glory, as by the fps 
aPet.i.4. of the Lord. Unto us are given gece 
and precious promifes, that by thefe ye angie b 
partakers of the divine nature ; baie efcaped ‘ ae 
nin: corruption that is in the world thi "tuft. . And 
.eow I sommend you to God, and to the ‘ avord 4 ui 


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bis grace,” which is able to build you up, and to 
give you an inheritance among all them which are 
fanttified. Hegave fome paitors and teachers, for Ephiv.rm, 
the’ perfecting of the faints, for the work of the min- 73 
iftry, for the edifying of the body of Chrift; till we 
all come im the umity of the faith, and of the knowl- 
edge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the 

meafure of the ftature of the fulnefs of Chrif. 
+4 To guard againft temptation. 

Then faith Jefus unto him, get thee hence, fatan ; Mat. iv.ro 
for it is written, thou fhalt worfhip the Lord thy God. 

Put on the whole armour of God ; take the fword of Eph-vi.1r. 

the fpirit, which is the word of God; that yemay ‘7: 

be able to ftand againft the wiles of the devil, and 

quench the fiery darts of the wicked. m3 
: “To eftablifh. the mind. aes 

_To eftablifh you in every good word and work, ac Rom. xvi, 
cording to my gofpel,” and the preaching of Jefus 75° 
Chrift. That we be no more children, toifed to and Ephiv.13. 
fro, and carried about with every wind of do@trine. 

To comfort and fave the foul. 

Thy words were the joy and rejoicing of my heart. ferxv.16. 
Thy ftatutes have been my fongs in the houfe of my Pscxix.s4. 
pilerimage. I rejoice at thy word as one that find- 162-50. 
eth great fpoil. ‘This ismy comfort im my affliction, rs 
thy word hath quickened me. Whatfoever things Romav.4. 
were written aforetime, were written for our learn. 
ing ; that we through patience and comfort of the 
feriptures, might have hope. Receive with meek- Jami 2x, 
nefs the engrafted word, which is able to fave your Ma. liii. 3. 
fouls. Incline your ear, come unto me, hear, and 
your fouls fhall live ; and T will make with you an 
everlafting covenant, even the fure mercies of David. 

Q. How is the word to be read and heard, that it 
may become effe@ual to falvation. a. 

A. With Attention. 

What is written in the law ? How readeft thou ? rukz.26. 
Underitandeit thou what thou readeft? When the yep viis, 
prieft brought the law of God before the congrega- 
tion, both af men and women that could hear with 
underitanding, he read therein diftinétly from morn= 


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ing until noon,.and gave the Fenn le ee 
to underftand the reading; and ap og of all the- 
A&.x.33. people were “ aitentive’”’ tothe book.of the la we We 
are all here prefent before God, hings. 
Luk.xix48 that are. commanded, of ; 
Eccl. ven Very attentive to hear him, ep thy : 
ous and attentive) when thou goeft to’ the houfe of. 

. God, and.be more ready to hear, than’ to. give the. 
facrifice of fools ; for they confider not that they do. 

Prov-ii 2, ¢Vile Incline thine ear to witdom, a and’ he ety Bitne 


Mat. xiii, heart to underftanding. While iets 
25. came and fowed tares, 
; Frauke ; 
Nehviii.4. Ezra the prjeft ftood upon’ a pulpit pes Woody aad 
6. when he opened the book, all the people food up }: 
and Ezra bleffed the Lord, the great God ; and.all the. 
people anfwered, Amen, Amen, with lifting: up their 
hands ; and. they bowed their heads, and worllripiped 
qudiiiae. the Lord with their faces to the ground. “When E> 
hud, fon of Gera, faid to Eglon, king of Moab, I 
have a meflage from God unto thee j et King rofe- 
Malxyi.2, out-of his feat. To this man. will T bt pia ae 
bleth at my, word. eh af? 
—— Dilligence. 
Prwviii.34. . Bleffed is the man that heareth me, watching aily 
AG. xvii- at my gates, waiting at the’ polts of my doo 
11. (Bereans) were move-noble than thofe in t 
in that they received the word with all, readinnefs» of 
mind, and “ fearched the fcriptures daily,” whether 
thofe things are fo ; therefore many'of. them. believede 
Preparation... 
tPetiis.2. Laying afide all malice, and all guile, ea hypoc- 
rifies, and envies, and all evil fpeakings; as new 
born babes, defire the fincere milk of ri word, that 
Luk. vii, Ye May grow thereby. Take heed: how ye hear’; 
x8. | for whofocver hath, to. him it fhall be given ; and 
whofoever hath’ not, < him fhall be lhe? that 
which he feemethto have. The cares of this world. 
and the deceitfulnefs of ureter and the Infts of other 
things, entering in, choke’ the word, andi it becomes. 
wants 


Maniv.rg. 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 10% 


—— Prayer. 5 

en thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous Pscxix.18, 
things out of thy law. Pray, that the word of God 2Thefiiiz . 
may have free courfe, and be glorified. _ If thou cri- Pr.i-3-s. 
eft after knowledge, and lifteft up thy voice for 
underftanding ; if thou feekeft her as iilver, and fearch- 
eft for her as for hidden treafure ; then fhalt thou 
underftand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowl- 


edge of God. 
Meditation. 


This book of the law fhall not depart out of thy Jofhi.& 
mouth, but thou fhall “ meditate’ therem, day and 
night ; that thou mayelt obferve to do according to 

all that is written therein, and then thou fhalt have 

good fuceeis. In the law of the Lord doth he medi- Ps.i. 2. 
tate day and night. 


Faith. 

When ye received of us the word of God, ye re- ;Thef. ii. 
ceived it, not as the word of men, but asit isin truth, 13. | 
the word of God. A moredure word of prophecy, ,peri. 19, 
whereunto we do weil to take heed, as unto a light. 
that fhineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and 
the day ftar arife in your hearts. The word preach- Hebiv.2, 
ed did not profit them ; not being mixed with faith in 
them that heard it. ; 


Afedion. 

_ Thy teftimonies are my delight, and my counfel- Pscxix.24. 
lers ; Llove them exceedingly. I have efteemed the —16o. 
words of his mouth, more than my neceflary food. Job xxii. 
The law of thy mouth is better to me, thanthoufands _ 37 
ef gold and filver. Sweeter alfo than honey, and the P***7» 
honey comb. By them is thy fervant warned, and _. yy 
in keeping them there is great reward. They receiv- . yyo¢ i: 
ed not the love of the truth, that they might be faved. 40, 
Retention. 

The gofpel which I preached uato you, by which 1Cor. xv. 
ye are faved, if ye keep tt in memory, what Ipreach= 1,2 
ed; unlefs ye have believed in vain. We ought to Heb. ii. x. 
give the more earneft, heed to the things which we ; 
have heard, left at any time, we fhould let them flip. i 
Thy word have [ hid in my heart, that I might not Ps.cuin tt. 
fin againft thee, Iz 


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Luka viiix "The feedtis the word of G 
t1-15- on the good ground. are 
good heart, having heard tli posi ee it;.am 
Jam.i. ag. forth fruitwith patience. soieanies cag cose i 
feét law of liberty, and: continucth therein, he being not’ 
a forgetful hearer, but:a: doer of the work, this man: 
—i.az. fhall be blefledin his deed. Be: ye doersiof the word, 
and not hearers only, deceivin ee ai Saas ma ‘ay 


James i. 23, 24. ae 
; Q. How do the , word of 7 
prayer, become effectual means of alvation . fort Jonge on 
rCordiiy, 4. T have planted; J aon oa 


gave the increafe. So then neither eonianpoetie 


any thing, neither he that watereth ; but God that 
iveth the increafe. A certain woman named Lydia,. 
Ad-svit4 2 worfhipped | (God;/iiaiseiantat aan nine 
Lord opened, that fhe attended unto the things which 
sPetdizax Were fpoken of Paul. Baptifin doth now: fave: us; 
“” (not by: putting away the filth of the: fleth, eee 
anfwer of a good confcience toward.God, ): by” the 
xCor. xii, Tefurrettion of Jefus Chrift. | By-one spirit: we are‘all: 
x3. baptized into one body, and*have beer all made to: 
-zPetiag. drink into one fpirit. Ye have purified: your fouls in- 
Phil.iix2, Obeying the truth, through the {pirit.V 
13. your own hrationy with fear and- trembl; > s for it 
is God that worketh in yoru toe to will. to do 
of his: good: pleafure, (org its ARE aE shit: 
-. Seer: 24h phd bickeen, ites ase Pa 
Qe. What is a factrament? ert tt wens 
A. Abraham received: the fign of circumcifion, a 
Gen.xvii. feal of the righteoufnefs of faith. And it fhallbea 
31. token of the covenant between me and you. See 
Rom. ii. 29. Fag Ste apie 3% Reo be 
Q. What is ‘cbrifias baptifim > < eS 
Matzxviii 4. Go ye, and teach all nations; jathem in 
19,30. the name of the Father, and of the of the 
' Holy Ghot. Ando, lam with you "nay er 
A&x.47. unto the end of the world. Can any m 
~—xxii,16.} ter that thefe fhould not be baptized ile and be 
baptized, and wath away thy fins ; calling on 


ie Cae iB ow 


: SCRIFTURE CATECHISM.) 159) 


name of the Lord. » Having: our . hearts fpririkled Heb, 5.22. 
from. an evil confcietice,. and our bodies ber geste hts shia 
| pure: water.’ 94). ef 

Q. To awhomw is bapii, Wek to be adniinifiered ?” 

“A. Repent and’ be baptized, every one of you, Agiii. 38) 
|| in the name of Jefus Chrift, for the remiffion of fins, 39. 
and ye fhall receive the gift of the Holy Ghoft; for 
the promife is unto you, and to your children, and to: 
all that: are afar off, even as many as the Lord 
our God fhall call.. Asx many as:have been: baptized: Gal.iii.o7 
_ into’ Chrift, have’ put on Chrilts and if'yebe Chrift’s, 79" 

then are ye: Abraham’s feed, pate heirs. aceording to. A 
the promife. And Simon. hintfelf was baptized’; Aas viii. 
But Peter faid unto him, thow hak neither’ part nor 13-20,21- 
lot in this'matter ; for thy heart isnot right in: the 23 
| fight of God ;, fib I perceive that thou art in the gall’ 
| of bitternefs, andi the bond of iniquity. 

. What is the Lord’s Supper ? 

4. Jefus took bread; and gave thanks, and eee Luk. xxii; 
| it, and gave it unto. them, fayings this: is: my body 19,20. 
| which is) given for you, this:do in’remembranceof | Tr 
me. Likewife alfo the cup, after fapper, faying, this 
cup is the new teftament in my blood, which 1s fhied! 

_ for you :’ For as often as’ye eat this bread and-drink 1Corxi.26 

- this cup, ye do fhew the Lord’s death.till he come. 

The cup of blefling which we: blefs, is it not the com- --x.16,r7. 

| munion of the blood of Chrift ?, The bread which 

_ we break, is it not the communion: of the body. of) 

_ Chri? For we being/many, are’ one body, for we — ~ 

. are’ all-partakers of that one breads Verily;: veri- Joo. vi.53~ 

_ ly, I fay unto you, except ye eat the-flefli of the fon’ 9,55. 
of man, and.drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 

Whofo‘eateth my flefh, and drinketh my blood). 

hath eternal life ; for my flefh is meat indeed; and — 

my: blood. is drmk indeed. 

Q. What is- ere in order to the suorthy reception 
. of the Lord’s Suppor ? 

A. Leta man examine baetele: aid ta de him xConx. 32 
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup; For he 3% 
that eateth and dr inketh unworthily, eateth. and 
drinketh judgment to himfelf, not difcerning the 
Lord’s body. For this caufe, many are weak and 


104 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


fickly among you, and many fleep. For if we would 

Ps. cxxxix. judge ourfelves, we thould not be judged. _ Search 
23:24 ‘me O God, and know my heart ; try,me, '¢ and know 
my thoughts; and fee if there be any wicked way 
2Coraiiis in me, and lead me in the way everlafting. Exam- 
ine yourfelves, whether ye be in the fai € 

your own felves. Know you not that Jefus Chri is 

Ps. xxvi.6. in you, except ye be reprobate. I will wafh my 
hands in innoeency, fo will I compafs thine. altar O 

Matv.23, Lord. If,thy brother hath onght agamff thee,) go. 

24. thy way, firft be reconciled to: np eeprom 


old Jeaven, pees with the. At of. aed and 
wickednefs, but with the unleavened bread of finceri- 
xCorziz. ty and truth. Now I praife you, brethren, that ye 
keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you. See. 
2 Chr. iii, 18, 19. 
Secr. 25- 
Q. What is prayer ? * 
1Pet. iis. sd. To offer up fpiritual fncrifices acceptable to 
Ps. xii. 8. God, by Jefus Chrift. Pour out your hearts before 
him. 
That our prayers may be acceptable, Goh we 
muft pray with 
Sincerity. ; 
Hebx22. Let us draw near with a érue heart. ‘The Lord 
Pscalv.i8. is nigh to all that call upon him in fruth... This peo- 
Matxv.8. ple draweth nigh unto me. -with their mouth, and 
honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from. 
Psixvir8. me: If E regard miquity in my heart, the Lord will 
Jam. iv. 3. Not hear me. Ye afk and receive mot, becaufe ye 
afk amifs, that ye may confume it upon your luits. 
Prov.xv.8. The facrifice of the wicked is an abomination-to the 
Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 
Senfe of guilt and unworthineft. 
Lok. xviii, . And-the publican ftanding afar of » would not. 
ph * In prayer, which is either mental, ( Sam. i. ia vocal, 
(Ps. lxxvii. 1.) or ejaculatory, (Neh. ii. 4. there are three parts, 
viz. Petition, confeffior, thankigiving ; > or’ more particularly; 
invocation, adoration, petition, confelion, thankigivings | inter 
ceffion, and conclnfion, 


zt CATECHISM. “905 


“itt up fo much as his eyesto’heaven\; but {mote upon 
-his brealt, faying, God.be merciful to me a finner. f 
And: Abraham. faid, behold now I have taken it — 
a me to fgeak. unto. the: ate han are Tis i. 


and sinensis , is 

Affifiance of the Hel ie si ia 
“The Spirit fiance a + Hey Ss for we know’ 
not what we fhould. pray for as we ought ; but the «: 
| Spirit itfelf maketh, intercellioh, for us, with proanings 
that cannot bé uttered, . I will.pour out upon them Zecaiixoi 
the {pirit of {application ;, and. they: hall look to him, 
bt they have pierced, and mourn; Sce Rom, 8: At 

Lu. Faiths 
I€ any man lack wifdom, let him afl of God, that Jamvi- 5,6 

“giv eth to all men liberally and upbraideth not ;, and: 
itfhall be given him. But let him afl in faith, no- 
thing wavering. All things, whatloever ye thal afk; Mat21.22. 


i ‘Rom. vill. 
26. 


in prayer, believing, ye fhall receive. 


Ip | Wenn Ff Chrift- : 
If ye fhall afl any thing in my’ name, F will a it; Jnowiv. xg 
thatthe Father may bt glorified in the Son. 1 am. —xiv. 6. 
“thesway, the truth and ‘the life ; no: man cometh to: 
the Father, but by me.» Whatfoever ye.do in word Col.ili, 17;. 


‘or deed, doallin the name of the Lord Jefis, giving: 


thanks to. God by him.. 
With fervour-and importunity. _ 
The effeftual fervent prayer of a righteous man ree v. 16. 
availeth mach.) | Jacob: wept, and made fupplication pofsii, mn 


: ery andfaid, T will not let thee go walefs thou Genaaii. 
» blefs me. “And he had power with God, and prevail. 26-28. 


ed. Ye hall) feck me and. find: me, when ye fearchy Jer.29.13," 
for me with all your heart.” In the days: ofthis flefh Heb, x, 7: 
- Jefus offered. up.prayers and’ fupplications, with frong. 


_ crying, and tears, unto him that was able tofave him 
from death, and was heard, 


ing always, with all prayer and fupplication,, watch- 


Perfeverance. 
) Pray ‘without ceafing. Men onght always to 1Thef.v.7s 
pray, and not to faint. I give myfelf to ‘prayer. Pray= Luk-xvitiz 


Ds. CiX. 4: 


¢ Eph.vi. 13 


_ ing thereunto with all perfeverance. 1 will look unto 34; ~:~ 
the Lord; I will wait for the God*>f my falvation ; 


my God will hear me. 


6 6S Ci<i‘“ SCRIPTURE CAT ECHISM 


| Prayer ine idion. YL Nite ne 
Jam. v. 13. Is any afflicted, let him pray. haw ‘come bold. 
Hebjv.16. ly ¢o the throne of grace, that we may obtain oe Sacreyr 
Ps.xaziv.6-and find. grace to help-in tame of need, - This poor’ 
man cried, and the Lord heard him, and faved hiny 
—l.xs. out of all his troubles, Call upon me’ in the day of 
trouble, F will deliver'thee, and thou fhalt glorify me. 
Is.xxvi. 16. In trouble they poured: out 2 prayer. 
nitéd prayer. 
Miitxviii, I fay unto you, that if two of you fhall agree on 
19,20. earth, touching any thiag they fhall afk, it be 
done for them of my Father who is in heaven. | For: 
where two or three are gathered together in my name, 
Rom.xv.§, there am I in the midit of them. Now the God of 
patience and confolation, grant you to be like mind- 
ed, one towards another ; that ye may with one 
raind, and one mouth, glorify God. 
Daily prayer. 
Psxciir,z, It is a good thing to thew forth thy foving kind 
neis in the morning, ‘aad thy faichfulnets every night. 
—v.3 “My voice fhalt thow hear in the morning, O O Lord ; 
in the morning will I dire&t my prayer unto thee, and 
—lv. 17. look up. Evening and morning and at noon, will 
Danio. Lpeay- Daniel knecled upon his knees, three times 
Pacxix 62. @ day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God.. 
At midnight I will rite to give thanks untae God. 
Family prayer. 
Jofhxxiv. As for me and my houie, we will ferve t Lord. 
15. There was a certain man called.Cornelius ; a de 
AGiwviiit, man, one that fared God with all his : 
Joby. 4, Prayed to God always. But thoa calteft off fear, 
and reflra‘neft prayer before God. Thou haft not 
called upon me, O jacob ; thou halt been weary of 
Jer.x. 25, Me, O Lrael. Pour out thy fury upon the faeries 
that call not on thy name, 
Secret prayer. | 
Mat. vi. 6. When thou prayeft, enter into thy lofet ; and 
when thou hait: fhut thy door, pray to thy Father, 
who is in fecret ; and thy Father, who feeth in fecret, 
Luk.viiz fhall reward thee openly. . Jeiius went out into a 
mountain to pray ; and he continued all night in 
prayer to God. 


Ifa.xliii.22. 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM, | 107. 
. Prayer for encmics. ) 

Pray for them that defpitefully ufe and perfeeute Mat. v.44 
you. Then {i. e. on the crofs) Jefus faid, Father Lukxxil. 
forgive them, for they know not what they do. And 494% ¢,, 
Stephen kneeled down. and cried with a loud voice, : 
Lord, lay not this fin to their charge ; and when he 
had faid this, he fellafleep. 

+ Prayers for all ; and all ought to pray. 

I will that men pray every where, liiting up holy 
hands, without wrath and doubting. I exhort that 
firft of all, prayérs be made for all men ; for this is 
good and acceptable in the fight of God, our Sav-  _ 
jour 5 who will have all men to be faved, and come P 
to the knowledge of the truth. God forbid that T AEAp. Xi 
fhould fin again{t the Lord, in ceafing to pray for you. af 

:  Succefs of prayer. 

‘Afk, and it fhall be given you ; feck, and ye fhall Mat.vii. 7. 

find ; knock, and it fhall be opened unto you. For 3% 

if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your 

children, how mach more fhall your Father, who is 

in heaven, give good things to them that afk him. : 

"They that feek the Lord, fhall not want any good hai al 

thing. Go and fay to Hezekiah, thus faith the Lord, Wesxviil-s 

J have heard thy prayer 3 I have feen thy tears; be- 

hold I will add to thy days fifteen years. Elias was Jam~.17. 

a man fubje@ to like pafGons 2s we are 3 and he 

prayed earnefily that it might not rain, and it rained 

not on the earth ; and he prayed again, and the : 

jheavens gave rain. We made not.our prayer before Dan,is.23, 

the Lord, therefore hath he brought evil upon us. + 
Pea bn Secr. 26. 

Q. _ What rule hath God given for our direGion in 
| prayer ? ais 

A. After this manner pray ye; ‘Our Father who 
art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, &c.” 

Q. What-is the preface of the Lord’s prayer ? 

A. Qur Father who art in heaven. 

Look down from heaven, and behold from the hab- fiixiii.r 5 : 
“Station of thy holinefs, and of thy glory. Whereis 16. 
thy firength, the founding of thy bowels, and of thy | 
-gnercies towards us ? are they reftrained ? Doubtles 


1Timii. :- 


ee 


108 


Rom. VES 
2g. 
Mahié. 


=—Ii, IO. 


AG. xvii. 
26,27. 


Nehiis,6. 


Isa. Vill, 


Neh. ix. 5. 


Ps.xcix. 3. 


Joh-xii.28. 
Leyox.'§ 


* A@xii.23. 


‘SCRIPTURE’ CATECHISM. » 


thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant 


of us, and Ifrael acknowledge us not; thou,}O Lord, 
art our Father, our Redeemer. - We have not’receiv- 
éd:the fpirit of bondage, re: yeaa irit of a 
dopticr, whereby we cry, Abba, J t + eee 
I be a Father, where is mime honour ? if I be a Maf- 
ter, where is my fear ? faith the Lord of ‘hofts unto 
you that defpife my name, and fay, wherein have 
we defpifed thy name? Have we not all one Fa- 
ther? hath not one God created us? why do we 
deal treacheroufly, every man againft his brother ? 
He hath made of one blood all nations of men, to 
dwell on all the face of the earth ; and hath deter- 
mined the times and bounds of their habitation, that 
they fhould /eé the Lord. © Lord God of heaven, 
the great and terrible: God, that keepeth covenant 
and mercy for them that love him, and obferve ‘his 
commandments ; let thine eyes be open, and thiné 
ear attentive, that thou mayeft hear the prayer of thy 
fervant, which I pray before'thee now, day and night, 
for the children of Irael, thy fervants ; and confefs 
the fins which they and we have finned againft thee. 

Q. What do we pray for in the firft petition re 

4. Hallowed be thy name. ede 

Santtify the Lord of hofts himfelf, and let him be 
your fear, let him be your dread. Bleffed be thy glo- 
rious name, which is exalted above all blefling and 
praife. Let them praife thy great andterrible name, 
tor itis holy. Tather, glorify thy name ; then came 
there a voice from heaven, faying, I have both glori- 
fied it, and will glorify it again. 7 will be fanctified 
in them that come nigh me, before all the people, I 
will be gloriiicd ; and Aaron held his peace: ‘The 
angel of the Lord imote Herod, becaufe he gave not 
God the glory; and he was eaten up of worms, 

Q. What do we pray for in the fecond petition ; which 


is, “ Thy kingdom come,” 


a 7 
Revxitse 4. That the kingdoms of this world may be- 


Ifa. Ixii. 1. 


come the kingdoms cf our Lerd, and of his Chrift ; 
and that he might reign forever and ever: For Zi- 
on’s fake 1 will not hold my peace, and for Jerufa~ 


SCRIPIURE CATECHISM. 109 


tem’s fake I will not reft, until the righteoufnefs there. 
of go forth as brightnefs, and the falvation thereof as a 
lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles fhall come to 
thy light, and kings to the brightnefs of thy rifing. 
My heart’s defire and prayer to God for Ifrael is, 
that they might be faved. For this caufe I bow my 
knees unto the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, of | 
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is name 
ed; That he would grant you, according to the 
riches of his glory, to be ftrengthened, with, might 
by his fpirit, in the immer man. That Chrifemay 
dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted 
and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend 
with all faints, what is the breadth, and length, and 
depth, and height ; and to know the love of Chrift 
which pafleth knowledge, that ye might be filled 
with all the fulnefs of God. See Mat. i, 11. Dan, 
wil. 27. 
Q. What is the third petition ? 
4. Thy will be done on earth, 
at Preceptive will. 
T know that in me (i.e. m my flefh) dwelleth no Romviis8 
good thing, for to will is prefent with me, but how 
to perform that which is good, I find not. Create ps Ji, x0. 
in me a clean heart, O God, renew a right fpirit with- 
in me. Ineline my heart unto thy teltimonies, and —cxix.36, 
‘Rot to covetoufnefs. O that my ways were direéted wo ¢, 
to keep thy ftatutes. Make me to go inthe path of — 3s, 
‘thy commandments. Tut away mine eyes from —— 37. 
_beholding vanity, and quicken thou me in thy ways, 
Not flothful in_bufinefS, but ferveit in fpirit, ferving gomsiizy 
the Lord. 
2 Providential. : 

Jefus fell on his face arid prayed, faymg; O my pat. xvi, 
Father, if it be poffible, let this cup pafs fronime, 39. 
_neverthelefs not as I will, but as thou wilt. And x Sam.iii, 
Eli faid,it is the Lord, let him do what feemeth 8 
_ good unto him. Is it well with thee, is it well with 2 Kingiv, 
the child? and the Shunamite anfwered, i is well, 26: 

_ Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me ac- puk.j. 38, 
cording to thy word; Good is the word of the Lord 2Kinxx19 
K 


310 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM: 
A@suiir4 which thou haft fpokens The vib ‘* date 


done. 
_ As it was done i in eee ; +e Pip it Te! 
Matv. 48... Be ye. perfect ie a Father ste ii 
—xviii.ro. heaven is. perfedt, In en ther ang always 
behold the face of my ae 10 is in heaven. 
Heb. i.r4. Are they not all minifter ‘fpirits feat rth t 
minifter for them, who dhall be heirs 
Ps, ciii. 20, Vation ? Blefs the Lord ye > his angels, Aes ex. 
aa _celin ftrength, that do iat con » hear- 
kening, to the voice of his word. " Blefs the Deere, all 
-his works, in all ;places of | his-dominion, blefs the 
lfa.vis-5 Lord, O my foul. I faw the Lord, tt A ake 
throne high and lifted up, and his train filled’ 
ple, above it ftood the feraphims ; ae ine fd Be fix 
‘wings, with twain (two) he covered his face, with 
twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly, 
and one cried to another and faid, ‘holy, holy, holy, 
‘is the Lord of hofts, the mies earth is full of his 
glory ; and the pofts of the door moved at the voice 
-of him that cried, and the houfe-was filled with fmoke. 
‘Then faid I, -woe is:me, for I am undone, becaufe I 
am aman of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midf 
of a people of unclean lips, for mine eyes have feen 
‘Rev.iv.r0, the king, the Lord of ‘hofts. "The four and twenty 
-11- elders fall down before him that fat on the throne, and 
worfhip him that liveth forever and ever, and -caft 
their crowns before the throne, faying, Thou art 
-worthy,.O Lord, to receive glory, and. AOnoUr, and 
power. -See Rey. vil. 11. 12. . ¥ 
Q. What do we pray for in the fourt dition 2 
qwhich is, “ Give us inal ay i daily s foe Pra f 
Prxxx8,9. <4. ‘Remove far from me vanity and Hee: wee me 
~ neither poverty nor riches, feed’me with food con- 
venient for-me, left I be full and deny thee, and fay, 
who is the Lord? .or left I be poor and fteal, and 
Mat. iv. 4. take the name of my ‘God in vain. Man fhall not 
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceed- 
x Tim. iv. eth out of the mouth of God. Ever j creature of 
45. God is good, and nothing to be ibaa fit de: Te. 


“SCRIPTURE CATECHISM: rt 


etived with thank(giving, for it is fanctified by the 
- word of God and prayer. Study to be quiet and 1Thef. iv. 
to-do your own bufinefs, and to work with your own 151%: 
hands, that ye may walk honeftly, and-have lack of 
nothing. Take no (anxious) thought for the mor- Matwi.34. 
row, for the morrow fhall take thought for the things 
of itfelf ; fufficient unto the day is the evil threof. 
Jacob: vowed. a vow, faying if God will be with me Gen.xxviii. 
and keep me in the way that I go, and will give me 20, 21: 
bread to-eat, and raiment to put on, fo that I come 
to my father’s houfe in peace, then fhall the Lord. be 
~ my God. ; & 
Q: What is the fifth petition ? 
4.. Forgive us our debts or fins. § 
“Who can forgive fins but God- only, If Markii.7. 
thou fhould& mark iniquities ; O Lord, who pecxxx3,4 
fhall ftand ; But there is forgivenefs with thee, 
that thou mayeft be feared. God is in Chrift 2corvto. 
reconciling the world unto himfelf, not imput- 
ing their trefpaffes to them. When he (the Lukxva7 
prodigal fon) came to himfelf, he faid, how many 2%: 
hired iervants of my father’s have bread enough and 
to fpare, and I perifh with hunger.’ He arofe, and 
eame to his father ; but when he was yet a.great way 
off, his father faw him; and had compaffion, and ran, 
and fell on his neck, and kifled him.. And the fon 
faid unto him; Father,.I have finned’ againft heaven, 
and in thy fight, and am:no more worthy to be cal- 
called thy fon.. O Lord, the great and dreadful God, pansy ct, 
keeping’ covenarit and merey to them that love him 
and keep his commandments. We have finned and 
committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and 
_ have rebelled againft thee, by departing from thy 
precepts ; Righteoufnefs belongeth unto thee, 
- but unto us confufion of faces. O my God, in- 
eline thine ear, and hear ; open thine eyes, and be-. 
hold us; for we do not prefent our fupplications be- 
fore thee, for our righteoufnefles, but for thy great. 
mercies. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive, O Lord: 
hearken, and do, defer not for thine own fake, Q 
“my God.. 


112 SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 
As we forgive our debtors.;, or thofe that trefpafe _ 


againf us. pe “yy eae tule ster 6 
Marxi.2s. When ye ftand praying, forgive if ye have — 
aught againft any ; that your Father in heaven 
Mat. xviii. may alfo forgive you your trefpafles. _O thou wick-. 
32. ° ed fervant, I forgave thee all that debt. becaufe thou 
defiredft me, fhouldft not thou alfo have had compaf. 
‘Coliii. x3. fion on thy fellow fervant, as I had pity on thee? If 
any man have a quarrel againft any, even as Chrift 
Luk.vii.42. forgave you, fo alfodo ye. When they had nothi 
Matwi.r4,t@ pay he frankly forgave them both. If ye forgive 
xs. men their trefpaffes, your heavenly Father will alfo 
forgive you; Butif ye, from your hearts, forgive 
not men their trefpaffes, neither will your Father for- 
Luk. x4. give yourtrefpafles. Forgive us our fins, for we alfo 
forgive every one that is indebted to us, ‘ 
Q. What is the fixth petition? “y 
4. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. a 
jam.i.n3, Let no. man fay, when he is tempted, I am ~ 
x4. tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted 
with evil, neither tempteth he any man ; But every 
man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own. 
3Corx. 12, luft and enticed. Wherefore let him that thinketh © 
xPet.y.g, he ftandeth, take heed left he fall. Be fober, be vig- 
ilant, becaufe your adverfary like a roaring lion walk-. 
eth about, feeking whom he may devour, -whom re- 
Proviro, filt ftedfaft inthe faith. If finners entice thee, con- 
xCor.xv33 fent thou not. Be not deceived, evil communications 
Pro.vi.27, corrupt good manners. Can a man take fire in his 
 ¥xxxlii2, bofom, and his clothes not be burnt? Follow not a 
Pr. xiii, a0, Multitude todo evil. He that walketh with wife 
men, fhall be wife, but a companion of fools fhall be 
deftroyed. Enter not into the path of the wicked, 
go not in the way of evil men, avoid it, pafs not by 
Genzlix6.1t, turn from it, and pafs away. OQ my foul, 
come not thou into their fecret, unto their af- 
Pacuinsng fembly, mine honour, be not thou united. Des. 
part from me ye evil doers, for I will keep the. 
Mataxyi, commandments.of my God. Watch and “pray” thas. 


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— iv. 14. 


SCRIPTURE CATECHISM,’ 13 


ye entérénot imto-temptation ; the fpirit indeed is_ : 
willing, but the flefhis weak. Satan hath defired Luk. xiii. 
to have you, that he may fift you as wheat, but I 343% 
fiave prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. I be- 2Corxii8, 
fought the Lord thrice, that the meflenger of Satan 9 
might depart from me; and he faid, my grace is fuf-- 

ficient for thee, for my frength is made perfec in 


| weaknefs. For we have not an “iy prieft. which Hebiv.25% 


cannot betouched with the feeling of our infirmities, 
but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet _ 
without fin.. And as he himftlf hath fuffered, being — ii. 18.. 
tempted, he is able to fuccour them: that are tempt- 
ed. Let us therefore, lay afide every weight, and — xii. 
the fin which doth fo eafily befet us, and let us run. 
with patience the race that is fet before us; look- 
ing to Jefus.. Put on the whole armour of God, Eph.vi.r3.. 
that ye may be able to withftand in the evil day, and. 
having done all, to ftand.. } 
Q.. What-is the conclufion of the Lord’s prayer ? : 
A:. For, thine is the kingdom, the power, and’ 


the glory forever, Amen.. 


Blefled be thou; Lord: God of: Hirael,. our rChrazin. 
Father, forever and ever.. Thine, O: Lord; is the 10-13, . 


_greatnefs,. and the power, and the glory, and. 
the victory, and the majelty, for all that isin heaven, . 


and in the earth is thine ;: thine is the kingdom, O- 
Lord, and thou art exalted as head: above all ;. Both. 


riches and honour come of thee, and thou: reigneft: 
‘ over all, and in thine hand: is power and might, and: 


_ in thine hand it isto make great and to give ftrength: 


unto all:. Now therefore,. our God; we thank thee, 
and praife thy gloriousname.. I beheld,.and I-heard payy.z22 


the voice of many angels round about the throne, 13,. 


Saying with a loud: voice, worthy is. the lamb that 


was flain,. to receive power, and riches, and wifdom, 
and 'ftrength; and honour, and glory, and _bleffing ;. 
And every creature which is-in heaven, and on earth, 
and fuch as are in the fea, and all that are in them,. 


_ heard I, faying, bleffing, and honour, and glory, and. 


power,. be-unto him that fitteth on the throne, and: 


nit SCRIPTURE CATECHISM. 


Eph. ii.20. unto the lamb, forever and ever. Now unto him 
ai that is able to do exceeding abundantly above alk 
that we afk, or think, accerding to the power that 
worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church, by 
Chrift Jefus, throughout all ages, world without end. 
Rev.xxii, Amen. He that teftifieth thefe things faith, furely 
~ aa  Lcome quickly. Amen, Even fo come Lord Jefus. 


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